The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected cervical spine disability and now service-connected lumbar spine disability, respectively. The decision is based on the opinion that these conditions are aggravated by the service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found in favor of the Veteran, giving him the benefit of doubt, concluding that his lumbar spine disability and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy are at least as likely as not caused by or related to his service-connected cervical spine disability and now service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2018
- Citation
- 18104595
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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