The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for lumbar spine degenerative joint disease and right knee condition with arthritis as secondary to his service-connected left leg condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examination indicated a diagnosis of degenerative joint disease (DJD) with evidence of arthritis, and the examiner opined that the claimed conditions were less likely than not proximately due to or the result of the Veteran's service connected left leg condition.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative joint disease (lumbar spine condition), right knee condition with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2026
- Citation
- A26020687
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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.
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- Dismissed
The Board dismissed all service connection claims for various conditions due to the appellant's withdrawal of the appeal.
- Denied
The Veteran's request to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection of a right knee condition is denied. The evidence submitted does not provide new and material information that could substantiate the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 20 percent for his lumbar spine condition with intervertebral disc syndrome, an initial separate rating in excess of 20 percent for radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for his right knee condition with arthritis. Additionally, a TDIU claim is also remanded.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
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