The Board has determined that the veteran's lumbar facet syndrome is not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found it less likely than not that the veteran's current low back pain was caused by his duties while in Vietnam in 1969, and concluded that the condition is more consistent with a musculoskeletal origin rather than a service-related one.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar facet syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0704748
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to inadequate VA examination, and the Veteran's low back condition may be related to service or his service-connected chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left shoulder and right shoulder conditions, denied service connection for lumbar facet syndrome and right knee condition, and granted a 10 percent rating for left knee strain effective August 19, 2019.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's lumbar facet syndrome, finding that it is at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by his military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's lumbar spine disability has been rated at 10 percent since March 6, 2012. The Board found that the evidence does not support a higher rating as it did not show forward flexion of the thoracolumbar spine to 30 degrees or less, unfavorable ankylosis of the entire thoracolumbar spine, or combined range of motion of the thoracolumbar spine not greater than 120 degrees. The cervical spine disability was also rated at 10 percent.
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