The Board denied service connection for residuals of surgical removal of a spinal cord tumor, including incomplete paraplegia of the lower extremities, finding that the current back disabilities are not related to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a relationship between the post-service syringomyelia and the in-service syphilis or back pain (attributed to congenital defects).
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the lumbosacral spine, Scoliosis, Lordosis, Syringomyelia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 29, 2019
- Citation
- 19158367
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