The Board finds that the veteran's low back disability is as likely as not caused or aggravated by his service-connected right thigh and right ankle shell fragment wounds.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that some of the veteran's low back disability may be related to his gait abnormality, which was a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg, low back
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2003
- Citation
- 0315517
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