The Veteran's bilateral sciatica (claimed as pain, tingling, and numbness in the legs and feet) is found to be secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection for right and left lower extremity sciatica was granted based on its being proximately caused by his service-connected degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine at L4-5 and L5-S1.
- Claimed conditions
- sciatica, right lower extremity, sciatica, left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2013
- Citation
- 1330401
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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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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for headaches, left ankle arthritic condition, left knee strain, lumbosacral strain, right ankle arthritic condition, right knee strain, sciatica, and obstructive sleep apnea due to a need for additional development of evidence.
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