The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the left hip, right hip with asis enthesitis, and right ankle strain with enthesopathic changes as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee chondromalacia patella.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners provided a reasonable rationale that the claimed disabilities were due to the service-connected right knee disability, which caused compensatory strain on the hips and ankles over time.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the left hip, Degenerative arthritis with asis enthesitis of the right hip, Right ankle strain with enthesopathic changes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2026
- Citation
- A26007991
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for degenerative arthritis of the right and left hips, but granted a 10 percent rating from April 12, 2011, for both hip conditions.
- Partly granted
The appeal for higher ratings of sciatic and femoral nerve radiculopathies was dismissed, while the claims for service connection of degenerative arthritis and avascular necrosis of both hips were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an addendum medical opinion to determine if the Veteran's left hip disability was caused or aggravated by his service-connected foot disabilities.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine, right hip, and left hip as secondary to service-connected bilateral knee disabilities.
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