The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's back disability, diagnosed as a T12 compression fracture, on a secondary basis to his service-connected residuals of cerebrovascular accident (CVA), left lower extremity. The decision finds that the Veteran's back disability was proximately due to his service-connected CVA.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's back disability was proximately due to his service-connected residuals of cerebrovascular accident, left lower extremity.
- Claimed conditions
- T12 compression fracture
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18161075
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an effective date prior to November 4, 2009, for the grant of service connection for a back disability and granted service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy. The claims for initial ratings, secondary service connection, and TDIU were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to a duty to assist error and will require a new examination including imaging.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to issues regarding functional loss during flare-ups and after repeated use of the back, as well as the adequacy of previous VA examination reports.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a back disability, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to service and noting gaps in medical records.
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