The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's low back disability, finding that it is at least as likely as not related to his in-service injury. The claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right ankle sprain was denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The VA examiners found that the current back disability is at least as likely as not caused by the veteran's in-service injury, while the examiner related to the right ankle sprain claim that there was no documentation of such a condition post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- herniated disc at L5-S1 with bulging disc at L4-L5 (claimed as low back pain), residuals of a right ankle sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2005
- Citation
- 0518993
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection of lower back strain, broken right hand residuals, and right ankle sprain residuals were denied as the Veteran failed to report for scheduled VA examinations without good cause.
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