The Board has granted service connection for right lower extremity sciatica as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected herniated disc at L5-S1. The claim for a kidney disorder was denied due to lack of competent medical evidence showing it was first manifest in service or within one year thereafter, or that it was caused by his service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found right lower extremity sciatica more likely than not secondary to the Veteran's service-connected herniated disc at L5-S1. However, there is no competent medical evidence showing a kidney disorder first manifest in service or within one year thereafter, or that it was caused by his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Lower Extremity Sciatica, Kidney Disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1012693
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