The Veteran's low back condition and right leg condition are found to be related to a service-connected left knee condition, thus service connection is granted for both conditions.
The deciding factor: The current low back condition (lumbar IVDS with degenerative arthritis) and right sciatic nerve dysfunction have been determined by competent medical evidence to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected left knee condition.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar IVDS with degenerative arthritis, right sciatic nerve dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 30, 2013
- Citation
- 1343212
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What this means for you
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