The Board found that the Veteran's lumbar spine disability, radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, and hip disabilities did not manifest in service or within one year following separation from service.,Service connection was denied for all claimed conditions as they are not shown to be related to service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there is no evidence linking the Veteran's current lumbar spine disability, radiculopathy of the lower extremities, and hip disabilities to his active duty service. The Veteran's service treatment records do not show any chronic back or hip conditions prior to discharge from service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, radiculopathy of the left lower extremity, right hip disability, left hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2017
- Citation
- 1754908
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for miscarriage, cervical spine disability, lumbar spine disability, and right elbow disability due to insufficient examination opinions and incomplete service history verification.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for left and right hip disabilities due to inadequate VA medical opinions. The Veteran will need an adequate VA medical opinion to determine if his hip disabilities are related to service.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee disability, right knee disability, lumbar spine disability, and obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) as these issues have been addressed in a separate docket.
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