The Board has granted service connection for degenerative changes of the spine, finding that these conditions are at least as likely as not due to or aggravated by the veteran's service-connected left leg disorder. The TDIU claim is also granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on aggravation of a pre-existing condition (degenerative changes of the spine) due to the service-connected left leg disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative changes of the spine
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- June 23, 2006
- Citation
- 0618558
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Decisions by this judge: 1,599 · Granted: 37% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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