The Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy is found to be secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability. The Board finds that the evidence of record is in relative equipoise with respect to establishing a nexus between the Veteran's bilateral hip disorder, bladder disorder and erectile dysfunction and his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy was at least as likely as not secondary to his known degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine. The examiner also noted that the Veteran's bilateral hip disorder, bladder disorder and erectile dysfunction were at least as likely as not secondary to the known DDD of the lumbar spine.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity radiculopathy, bilateral hip disorder, bladder disorder, erectile dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 15, 2016
- Citation
- 1636208
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