The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a neck disability and has determined that his neurological deficiencies of the left and right lower extremities are related to his service-connected back disability. The appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: The September 2007 VA examination report established a nexus between the Veteran's current neurological deficiencies of the bilateral lower extremities and his service-connected recurrent lumbosacral strain with thoracic paravertebral muscle spasm (back disability).
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical strain with headaches, Neurological deficiency of left lower extremity, Neurological deficiency of right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2012
- Citation
- 1203445
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What this means for you
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