The Board found no competent medical evidence linking the veteran's current bilateral knee, hip, and foot nerve conditions to her service-connected musculoskeletal low back condition.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient medical evidence to support a finding that the veteran's current nerve conditions are proximately due to or aggravated by her service-connected low back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Bilateral Knee Nerve Condition","claimed_as_secondary_to":"Musculoskeletal Low Back Condition"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Hip Nerve Condition","claimed_as_secondary_to":"Musculoskeletal Low Back Condition"}, {"condition_name":"Bilateral Foot Nerve Condition","claimed_as_secondary_to":"Musculoskeletal Low Back Condition"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0616480
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