The Board has granted service connection for RLS of the right and left lower extremities, secondary to lumbar degenerative disc disease based on aggravation. Service connection for a digestive system disability was denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection is granted as the Veteran's RLS was aggravated by his service-connected lumbar DDD.
- Claimed conditions
- Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) of the right lower extremity, Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) of the left lower extremity, Digestive System Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 5, 2019
- Citation
- 19168746
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