The Veteran's appeal is denied as he does not have a neurological disability of the lower extremities caused or aggravated by his service-connected lumbosacral strain with lumbar scoliosis.
The deciding factor: VA examination and treatment records do not show any clinical findings of a neurological disability of the extremities, including numbness in the heels.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with lumbar scoliosis, neurological disability of the lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2016
- Citation
- 1619078
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for pseudo folliculitis barbae and found that it was aggravated during a period of active duty. The Veteran is also granted an increased rating to 20 percent for his service-connected degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine prior to June 30, 2013.
- Denied
The Board has determined that there is no evidence to support a finding of service connection for the Veteran's neurological disability of the lower extremities as secondary to his service-connected degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbosacral strain with lumbar scoliosis was initially rated as noncompensable prior to May 22, 2009 and subsequently granted a 10 percent disability rating thereafter. The claim for a separate compensable disability rating for a neurological disability of the lower extremities from May 22, 2009 remains pending.
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