The Board found that the veteran's back disability is not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected right ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the back disability was more likely related to osteopenia, rather than the right ankle fracture.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disease of the cervical spine, degenerative disease of the thoracic spine, degenerative disease of the lumbar spine, osteopenia with compression fracture deformities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0609722
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient medical opinion regarding the relationship between the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine condition and his current degenerative disease of the lumbar spine.
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