The Veteran's lumbosacral strain is rated at 20 percent, and the Board granted service connection for a cervical disk disorder, left knee disorder, and left peroneal nerve palsy as secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the Veteran's cervical disk disorder, left knee disorder, and left peroneal nerve palsy as secondary to his service-connected lumbosacral strain due to their being related to a common etiology (lumbosacral strain).
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1001317
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the Veteran's claims for additional VA examinations to properly evaluate the current severity of her disabilities.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection for lumbosacral strain was dismissed, and the claims for service connection for a right shoulder disability, cervical radiculopathy (left and right) were remanded for further development.
- Dismissed
The appeal is dismissed due to res judicata, as the issues were previously adjudicated and are now barred from further review.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to untimely filing of the Notice of Disagreement (NOD) for claims related to an increased rating and service connection, as well as lack of jurisdiction over a previously granted claim for sinusitis.
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