The Veteran's lumbar degenerative arthritis and sciatica of the left and right lower extremities were not granted service connection as they did not manifest to a compensable degree within the applicable presumptive period, were not chronic in service, continuity of symptomatology is not established, and are not shown to be causally or etiologically related to an in-service event, injury, or disease.,The Veteran's sciatica of the left lower extremity was not granted service connection as it did not manifest to a compensable degree within the applicable presumptive period, was not chronic in service, continuity of symptomatology is not established, and is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to an in-service event, injury, or disease.,The Veteran's sciatica of the right lower extremity was not granted service connection as it did not manifest to a compensable degree within the applicable presumptive period, was not chronic in service, continuity of symptomatology is not established, and is not shown to be causally or etiologically related to an in-service event, injury, or disease.
The deciding factor:
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative arthritis, sciatica of the left lower extremity, sciatica of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2019
- Citation
- A19001699
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