The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spondylosis with disc disease, pelvic pain, and fatigue/sleep disorder. The Veteran's low back disability is related to his active duty service.,Service connection was also established for pelvic pain as being proximately due to the Veteran's service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows that the Veteran had complaints of back pain during service and continues to have such symptoms today, which are now diagnosed as lumbar spondylosis with disc disease. The pelvic pain is related to his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spondylosis with disc disease, low back disability (various diagnoses), pelvic pain, fatigue/sleep disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 20, 2016
- Citation
- 1620558
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Dismissed
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- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) and remanded several issues for further development, while dismissing or denying service connection for various conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for depression, pelvic pain, uterine fibroids, and Tietze syndrome. The initial compensable rating claims for iron deficiency anemia and thyroid enlargement were also denied.
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