The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151, finding that his current back symptoms are not secondary to a VA-administered epidural injection.
The deciding factor: VA examiners did not find any additional disability resulting from disease or injury secondary to the VA-administered epidural injection.
- Claimed conditions
- hematoma, lumbar pain, cauda equina syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0604038
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- Granted
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- Denied
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- Granted
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