The Veteran's back disabilities, including partial sacralization of L5 and adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, are not service-connected. However, the Veteran's segmental dysfunction of the cervicothoracic spine is found to be secondary to her service-connected fibromyalgia.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the segmental dysfunction of the cervicothoracic spine is more likely a manifestation of the Veteran's service-connected fibromyalgia.
- Claimed conditions
- partial sacralization of L5, adolescent idiopathic scoliosis, segmental dysfunction of the cervicothoracic spine
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2017
- Citation
- 1751747
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