The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for lumbar disc herniation due to new and material evidence. However, the claim remains denied as there is no competent medical evidence linking the current back disability to any incident of service or his service-connected knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence establishing a nexus between the veteran's current back condition and any incident of service or his service-connected knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disc herniation
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0014658
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a 40 percent increased disability evaluation for the Veteran's service-connected back disability, effective May 23, 2024.
- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension and denied it for ischemic heart disease. Several other claims were remanded for further development.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbar disc herniation was denied because the evidence did not show that the condition began during active service or is related to an in-service event.
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