The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's claimed lumber spine disorder and bilateral sciatica, both found to be directly related to his service-connected right knee disorder.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran's back pain is linked to his service-connected right knee disorder, supporting a direct service connection theory.
- Claimed conditions
- lumber spine disorder, bilateral sciatica
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 10, 2016
- Citation
- 1605044
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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