The Board found that the veteran's current lumbar spine disability is causally related to his in-service chronic lumbar strain and developmental scoliosis, granting service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran's current back disability results from a combination of developmental scoliosis, multiple lumbar strains in service, and degeneration spanning over many decades. The Board found reasonable doubt to separate these causes and attributed the chronicity of low back pain in service to a condition of chronic lumbar strain superimposed on developmental scoliosis.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar scoliosis, disc pathology
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2002
- Citation
- 0215526
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for lumbar scoliosis due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar scoliosis, but remanded the claims for degenerative arthritis of the spine, IVDS, and degenerative disc disease, left hip disability, right hip disability, and left leg radiculopathy.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several service connection claims due to duty-to-assist errors, including obtaining private medical records and requesting addendum opinions.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals of the Veteran's claims for service connection for gynecomastia of the right breast, lumbar scoliosis, and deviated nasal septum as they have been fully resolved in his favor.
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