The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disorder and associated bilateral leg pain are proximately due to, the result of, or aggravated by his service-connected ventral hernia.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner opined that the Veteran's ventral hernia did not aggravate his lumbar spondylosis but at least as likely as not aggravated his muscular low back pain secondary to decreased core strength and increased demands on his low back.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disorder (Lumbar Spondylosis), Bilateral Leg Pain
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2013
- Citation
- 1320320
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The claim of service connection for a low back condition has been reopened and is denied. The claim of secondary service connection for bilateral leg pain, related to the low back condition, is also denied.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral leg condition has been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The case is being remanded for further evaluation by a VA examiner.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has granted service connection for a right hip condition. However, the issues of service connection for low back and bilateral leg pain secondary to the right hip disability are remanded due to insufficient medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed low back disability and bilateral leg pain are not service-connected as they did not have their clinical onset during active duty or are otherwise related to such. The preexisting residuals of a gunshot wound (GSW) to the low back were found to be natural progression with lingering effects, and there is no evidence of aggravation by service.
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