The Board has granted service connection for bilateral thigh atrophy resulting in loss of use of the lower extremities, finding that it is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected pulmonary condition.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence indicates that the Veteran's bilateral thigh atrophy resulted from his service-connected pulmonary condition and contributed to his inability to ambulate with his lower extremities.
- Claimed conditions
- right thigh atrophy resulting in loss of use of the right lower extremity at thigh level, left thigh atrophy resulting in loss of use of the left lower extremity at thigh level
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 20, 2020
- Citation
- A20015793
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