The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's lumbar radiculopathy, with an asymmetric disc bulge at the L4-L5 level with associated bilateral neuroforaminal stenosis. The condition is considered to have been incurred in active military service.
The deciding factor: The VA medical opinions and the veteran's testimony established a link between his back injury during service and his current lumbar radiculopathy, which was found to be more severe on the left side than the right.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar radiculopathy, facet arthropathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0303559
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