The Board has granted service connection for lumbar degenerative disc disease and secondary service connection for right leg radiculopathy, both related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence established a link between the Veteran's in-service back injury and his current lumbar DDD, as well as a link between his service-connected lumbar DDD and his current right leg radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative disc disease, right leg radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2018
- Citation
- 18142734
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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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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for cervical and lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, left elbow sprain, right elbow enthesophyte, left knee strain and enthesophyte, right knee strain, and right leg radiculopathy but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, including PTSD.
- Granted
The Board granted a 40 percent rating for the Veteran's lumbar degenerative disc disease, resolving reasonable doubt in favor of the claimant.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right hip strain, left and right ankle pain, and bilateral plantar fasciitis as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability. The claims for allergic rhinitis, chronic sinusitis, chronic headaches, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and post traumatic residual pain and cramping of the left lower leg were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the claims for a neurological examination to address concerns raised by the Court regarding the October 2020 VA examination report.
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