The Board has determined that the veteran's low back disabilities are not associated with his service-connected epilepsy, and thus denied his claim for secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: VA medical records do not provide evidence of an association between the veteran's diagnosed low back disabilities and his service-connected epilepsy.
- Claimed conditions
- Severe Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbosacral Spine, L4 Mild Lateral Recess Stenosis with Mild Disc Bulge at the L4-L5 Level, Herniated Disc Disease at the L3-L4 Level, Lumbar Herniated Nucleus Pulposus at L3-L4 Versus L4-L5 (Right) with L5 Nerve Root Compression, Right Lower Extremity Radiculopathy, Restless Leg Syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 3, 2005
- Citation
- 0506072
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