The veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for residuals of lumbosacral surgeries is denied as not well grounded.
The deciding factor: The veteran continues to have low back and right leg pain, which he testified was not as severe as previously inasmuch as there had been some improvement with respect to his pain following the VA surgeries. The claim is not well-grounded because compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 is predicated upon additional disability rather than failure of treatment to cure or alleviate a condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back pain, Right leg radicular symptoms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 14, 2000
- Citation
- 0018589
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