The Board has restored service connection for the veteran's status post lumbar laminectomy with L5-S1 recurrent radiculopathy as secondary to his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The original grant of service connection was based on a VA examiner's opinion that the paravertebral myositis and subsequent surgery were related to the left knee disability. The Board found this relationship not clearly and unmistakably erroneous, leading to restoration of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbar paravertebral myositis, Status post lumbar laminectomy with L5-S1 recurrent radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0009912
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