The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability with sciatica, finding that the current condition is related to in-service injuries and symptoms have persisted since then.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's reports of continuous recurrence of symptoms consistent with his in-service injury and ignored by the negative VA medical opinion.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability with sciatica
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19155299
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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 appeals for service connection and rating of various conditions were dismissed due to untimely filing of the VA Form 10182 within one year of the respective rating decisions, with no good cause shown.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn by the appellant, and thus the case is dismissed.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disability with sciatica is caused by her service-connected bilateral foot conditions, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the issue of service connection for a low back disability with sciatica, including as secondary to service-connected bilateral foot disability due to inadequate opinions on causation and aggravation.
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