The Board denied both claims for service connection and an increased evaluation for lumbosacral strain, finding that the veteran's residuals of laminectomy and spinal fusion for herniated discs at L4-L5 were not caused by or aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a causal relationship between the service-connected lumbosacral strain and the non-service-connected residuals of laminectomy and spinal fusion for herniated discs at L4-L5, nor did it show that the service-connected condition aggravated this disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar strain, herniated discs at L4-L5
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- September 19, 2002
- Citation
- 0213246
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