The Board has determined that the Veteran's congenital L5/S1 transitional vertebrae defect was subject to a superimposed disease or injury during military service, resulting in lumbar stenosis, lumbar degenerative disc disease, lumbar spondylosis with foraminal stenosis, thoracic spondylosis, and thoracic degenerative disc disease. As such, the Veteran's spine disorders are related to his service.
The deciding factor: The congenital L5/S1 transitional vertebrae defect was subject to a superimposed disease or injury during military service that resulted in disability apart from the congenital defect.
- Claimed conditions
- L5/S1 transitional vertebrae, lumbar stenosis, lumbar degenerative disc disease, lumbar spondylosis with foraminal stenosis, thoracic spondylosis, thoracic degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 12, 2018
- Citation
- 1822328
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