The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and separate ratings for radiculopathy of the right and left lower extremities, finding that these conditions are related to service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms have been linked to his in-service heavy lifting duties and subsequent medical treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine (low back) disability, rhabdomyolysis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- June 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19147347
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's explicit withdrawal of his claims for increased ratings and service connection, with full understanding of the consequences.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's migraine headaches were granted a rating of 50 percent, but no more. Other claims for service connection were denied or remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied readjudication of the claim for service connection for rhabdomyolysis and restoration of a 70 percent rating for the service-connected psychiatric disorder, both due to lack of new and relevant evidence. The claim for service connection for sleep apnea was remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for rhabdomyolysis, finding no credible evidence linking the condition to his military service.
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