The veteran's claim for service connection for leg pains as secondary to his service-connected low back pain with osteoarthritis was granted. His claims for increased ratings for schizophrenia and low back pain were also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the secondary theory of service connection, linking the leg pains to a pre-existing condition (low back pain).
- Claimed conditions
- leg pains, low back pain with osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0108375
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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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