The Veteran's claim for service connection for radicular pain of the right leg secondary to his service-connected muscular thoracic spine pain was reopened. The increased rating for muscular thoracic spine pain is granted.,Service connection for radicular pain of the right leg remains denied as it is not established that this condition is related to the Veteran's service-connected muscular thoracic spine pain.
The deciding factor: The most recent evidence does not establish a link between the current radicular pain in the right leg and the service-connected muscular thoracic spine pain.
- Claimed conditions
- Muscular Thoracic Spine Pain, Radiculopathy of the Right Leg
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 20, 2015
- Citation
- 1507422
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