The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disorder is not attributable to service or his service-connected paralysis of the right femoral and sciatic nerve, and therefore denied the claim for service connection. The PTSD claim will be remanded as it involves a recently-amended regulation.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's low back disorder was not related to his in-service injury or secondary to his service-connected paralysis of the femoral and sciatic nerve, due to its acute onset post-service. The PTSD claim will be remanded as it involves a recently-amended regulation.
- Claimed conditions
- spondylosis of the lumbar spine, degenerative disc disease with compression of the right L4-L5 nerve root
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1036349
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