The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine as secondary to his service-connected coccygeal bone and pilonidal cyst residuals, finding that there was no relationship between these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the low back disability is not at least as likely as not secondary to the veteran's service-connected coccygeal disability and pilonidal cyst residuals.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2006
- Citation
- 0625069
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What this means for you
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