The Board found that the veteran's symptoms of leg cramps and foot pain are part of his already service-connected lumbosacral spine disability, thus not constituting a separate condition for which service connection could be granted.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of an independent disability of the left leg other than the diagnosed L5 radiculopathy, which is considered part of the already service-connected lumbosacral spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- leg cramps, foot pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2000
- Citation
- 0018336
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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