The Veteran's lumbar radiculopathy of the right lower extremity is found to be related to his service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, and thus granted service connection. The cervical radiculopathy of the bilateral arms was not addressed due to a lack of evidence.
The deciding factor: Service connection for lumbar radiculopathy of the right lower extremity was established as secondary to service-connected lumbar spine degenerative disc disease.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, cervical radiculopathy of the bilateral arms
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1008829
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What this means for you
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a failure by the AOJ to notify the Veteran of his right to a pre-decisional hearing before the AOJ.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed conditions, including prostate cancer, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type II, diabetic nephropathy and end stage renal disease with dialysis, diabetic peripheral neuropathies of various extremities, erectile dysfunction, lumbar spine strain with degenerative arthritis and intervertebral disc syndrome, and bilateral knee replacements, do not meet the criteria for service connection based on direct evidence or presumptive exposure to herbicide agents. The Board also found that there was no qualifying exposure to toxic environmental exposures during service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for a special home adaptation grant as they do not result in anatomical loss or use of both hands, blindness in both eyes, deep partial thickness burns, full thickness or subdermal burns, or residuals of an inhalation injury.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board granted service connection for multiple spinal conditions and a right foot disorder, effective from the date of the September 2024 rating decision.
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