The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral radiculopathy, claimed as a disorder of the knees, legs and hips, is not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected lumbosacral strain disability.
The deciding factor: VA examiners concluded that the Veteran's bilateral radiculopathy was not caused by his service-connected lumbosacral strain disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral radiculopathy, disorder of the knees, legs and hips
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2009
- Citation
- 0934455
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