The Board has granted service connection for bilateral lumbar radiculopathy of the toes and feet as secondary to service-connected lumbosacral strain. The claim for meralgia paresthetica is remanded for further clarification.
The deciding factor: The August 2009 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's bilateral toe and foot pain, diagnosed as lumbar radiculopathy, was related to his service-connected lumbosacral strain. The examiner also noted meralgia paresthetica but did not provide a clear opinion on its relationship to the service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar radiculopathy of the toes and feet, meralgia paresthetica
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2013
- Citation
- 1330020
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