The Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a lumbar spine injury, left hip disability, and left leg radiculopathy have been granted.
The deciding factor: Service records show the Veteran was injured in June 1968 during active duty, resulting in current disabilities that are related to his in-service injuries.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbar sprain with severe spondylosis, DDD, and spondylolisthesis, mild degenerative changes of the left hip, left leg radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2010
- Citation
- 1012554
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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.
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