The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of service connection for a low back disorder. The Veteran's neuropathy of the right lower extremity is found to be secondary to his now service-connected low back disability.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on aggravation by a pre-existing condition (service-connected bilateral pes planus) and secondary to a currently service-connected disability (low back disorder).
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease, L5-S1, Neuropathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- March 27, 2018
- Citation
- 1818312
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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