The Veteran's left hip pain is found to be secondary to his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, and thus service connection for sciatica of the left lower extremity is granted.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's left hip pain was attributed to referred pain from extensive lumbar disc disease and sciatica, which are related to his service-connected degenerative disc disease.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatica, degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1016828
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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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