The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, secondary to his service-connected low back disorder. The peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities is not related to service or to an incident of service origin.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found that the radiculopathy was at least as likely as not related to the Veteran's service-connected low back disorder, but less likely than not that the peripheral neuropathy had its onset in service or was related to his service-connected low back disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder, Peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- March 28, 2014
- Citation
- 1413184
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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.
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, finding that the evidence did not show an in-service onset or relationship to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's current peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral lower extremities was incurred during his period of active service, including exposure to herbicides in the Republic of Vietnam. The Board granted service connection for this condition.
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