The Board denied service connection for low back, right leg, and right foot disorders as secondary to the service-connected left knee disability due to lack of evidence linking these conditions to the service-connected condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a causal relationship between the service-connected left knee disability and the current low back, right leg, and right foot disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of fractured L1, L2, and L3, loss of right foot with neuropathic pain, right leg compartment syndrome
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18129639
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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