The Board has determined that the veteran's current low back disorder, including degenerative disc disease, is not related to service and therefore denied his claim for service connection. The Board also found no evidence of a current foot disorder.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the current low back disorder to service or any other condition that could be considered secondary to service-connected hemorrhoids.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disorder (Degenerative Disc Disease), Foot Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 9, 2005
- Citation
- 0521472
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the cases due to insufficient medical evidence regarding the Veteran's foot and back conditions. The Veteran needs a VA examination to determine if his current foot disorders are related to service, including whether his pre-existing pes planus was aggravated by service. Additionally, the issues of service connection for a back disorder are inextricably intertwined with the issue of service connection for a foot disorder.
- Denied
The VA determined that the Veteran's low back disorder is not related to his service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
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