The Board has granted service connection for lumbar radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, finding that reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran's claims.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supported a diagnosis of neurological impairment attributable to the Veteran's service-connected arthritis of the lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity neurological disability, left lower extremity neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1012831
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