The Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbar fusion and spondylosis, claimed as back pain, was granted. Service connection was denied for numbness and tingling of the bilateral upper and lower extremities.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for lumbar fusion and spondylosis based on a current disability that manifested more than one year after service and is not caused or aggravated by acute, self-limiting episodes during active service. Service connection was denied for numbness and tingling of the bilateral upper and lower extremities as there is no current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar fusion, spondylosis, numbness and tingling of bilateral upper and lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 23, 2015
- Citation
- 1503285
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