Service connection for radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities is granted. Service connection for a neurological disorder of the bilateral upper extremities is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities was caused by his service-connected low back pain syndrome, status post laminectomy with degenerative arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, neurological disorder of the bilateral upper extremities
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19144915
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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