The Board has determined that the veteran's current degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine are a residual of an injury sustained on August 19, 1978, during INACDUTRA.
The deciding factor: Service department clinicians effectively attributed a lesion of the sciatic nerve and associated lumbar disc compromise to the August 19, 1978, episode of trauma.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0615533
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