The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased disability rating, service connection, special monthly compensation, and automobile and adaptive equipment as his conditions were not related to service or any other basis.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the veteran's lumbar disk disease with right lower extremity radiculopathy was directly related to his military service. The residuals of left thumb injury had already been granted service connection, and there was no indication that it was aggravated by a pre-existing condition or due to any other basis.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disk disease with right lower extremity radiculopathy, residuals of left thumb injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 22, 2005
- Citation
- 0517025
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the etiology of the Veteran's hypertension and its relationship to service-connected conditions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded three issues for further development: service connection for athlete's foot, rating in excess of 10 percent for left heel plantar calcaneal spur, and rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of left thumb injury.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of left thumb injury is denied. The Veteran's right pubic bone fracture and cold weather residuals of the right foot are each rated at 10 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is being remanded due to incomplete service treatment records and the need for additional VA examinations regarding his right and left thumb disabilities, as well as any bilateral eye disability.
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