The Board has determined that the Veteran's lumbar spine disorder, including arthritis, was not incurred or aggravated by service and is unrelated to any event in service. The claim for service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient competent and probative evidence linking the Veteran’s lumbar spine disorder, to include arthritis, to service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative arthritis, lumbar radiculopathy, lumbar degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2021
- Citation
- 21023143
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What you can do next
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, including degenerative arthritis and IVDS. The decision is based on the Veteran's in-service injury during active duty and his continuous symptoms since then.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities rendered him unable to secure and follow substantially gainful employment prior to August 14, 2023.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the appeal due to the Veteran's withdrawal of the appeal prior to a decision being made.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbar radiculopathy and diabetic peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity are rated at 20 percent effective November 6, 2024.
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