The veteran's left thigh, left lower leg, and right lower leg disorders are shown to have been caused by his service-connected low back muscular strain.
The deciding factor: The VA spine examiners found that the lower extremity symptoms were related to the back disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- left thigh disorder, left lower leg disorder, right lower leg disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- June 28, 2005
- Citation
- 0517509
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient evidence and inadequate examination. The presumption of soundness applies, and further development is needed to determine if any current disabilities are related to active duty service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded several issues related to the Veteran's service-connected disabilities, including increased ratings for various knee and thigh disorders as well as a psychiatric disorder. The decision also includes a remand for additional development regarding treatment records from VA facilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for back disorder, left hip disorder, left thigh disorder, left knee disorder, left ankle disorder, and chronic UTIs as there is no current diagnosis of these conditions in the record.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for further development and evaluation of the Veteran's left lower leg disorder, including assessing functional impairment and obtaining additional medical records.
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