The Board granted service connection for a back disability and a left hip disability, finding that both conditions are related to an in-service motor vehicle accident.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current disabilities had their onset during active service. Accordingly, reasonable doubt must be resolved in favor of the claimant.
- Claimed conditions
- spinal stenosis, status-post bilateral L4-5 hemilaminotomy, partial medial facetectomy and discectomy, left hip disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 5, 2021
- Citation
- 21061705
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for spinal stenosis, peripheral neuropathy, and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Dismissed
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions and a TDIU, as the evidence did not support a finding that any of these disabilities were related to the Veteran's military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hemorrhoids, scars, low back disability, left ankle disability, left and right shoulder disabilities, and left and right hip disabilities as the evidence did not show that the Veteran had these conditions or related symptoms during the appeal period.
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