The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to December 26, 2001, for the grant of service connection for degenerative changes of the lumbar spine associated with a service-connected left foot injury is granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established in July 2006 and the Veteran's low back disability was found to be secondary to his service-connected left foot injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative changes of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 31, 2010
- Citation
- 1032804
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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.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for increased ratings in excess of 10 percent for degenerative changes of the lumbar spine, left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome, and right upper extremity carpal tunnel syndrome to ensure that VA's responsibilities under the duty to assist are followed.
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