The Board has determined that the veteran's degenerative disk disease of the lower back is proximately due to his service-connected left foot amputation, granting service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner and private chiropractor both indicated a likelihood that the veteran's current back disability was caused by his service-connected left foot amputation.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disk disease of the lower back
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0405668
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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.
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