The Board denied service connection for idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis and a compensable evaluation for the residuals of a fracture of the transverse processes of the 2nd and 3rd lumbar vertebrae, finding no clinical support for an etiological association between trauma and retroperitoneal fibrosis.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no clinical evidence generally linking trauma with the subsequent development of retroperitoneal fibrosis.
- Claimed conditions
- idiopathic retroperitoneal fibrosis, residuals of a fracture of the transverse processes of the 2nd and 3rd lumbar vertebrae
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2002
- Citation
- 0206426
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