The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for status post low back injury, laminectomy L-5/S-1, lateral recess decompression with facetectomy, foraminotomy, neurolysis of L-5/S-1, left, and lumbar laminectomy with subtotal medial facetectomy and discectomy, L-5/S-1, right. The claim is granted as the veteran's current back problems are service-connected.
The deciding factor: The evidence now submitted shows that the veteran's current severe back disability cannot be distinguished from his service-connected lumbosacral strain and may well have contributed to it.
- Claimed conditions
- status post low back injury, laminectomy L-5/S-1, lateral recess decompression with facetectomy, foraminotomy, neurolysis of L-5/S-1, left, lumbar laminectomy with subtotal medial facetectomy and discectomy, L-5/S-1, right
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2005
- Citation
- 0528351
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for her epidural fibrosis, status post hemilaminectomy, foraminotomy, and partial pediculectomy at L5 was granted, with the effective date set from August 25, 1993 to May 19, 2000.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for her service-connected epidural fibrosis, status post hemilaminectomy, foraminotomy, and partial pediculectomy at L5 is being remanded due to the need for a VA examination.
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