The Board denied service connection for a left lower extremity neurological disability, finding that the Veteran does not have such a disability. The decision also noted that the Veteran's radiating back pain is part of his service-connected back disability.
The deciding factor: No current diagnosis of left lower extremity sciatica or other neurological disorder was found in the medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Left lower extremity neurological disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20076596
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