The Board has granted service connection for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected low back strain.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on evidence showing that the Veteran's radiculopathy is etiologically related to his service-connected low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- left and right lower extremity radiculopathy, low back strain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- September 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18135024
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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.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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