The Veteran's bilateral hip condition is granted as secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine intervertebral disc syndrome. The claims for increased evaluations of the service-connected lumbar spine IVDS, right lower extremity sciatica, and left lower extremity sciatica are remanded.
The deciding factor: New examinations are needed to assess the current severity of the Veteran's service-connected low back disorder and bilateral lower extremity sciatica.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hip Condition, Lumbar Spine Intervertebral Disc Syndrome (IVDS)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22044574
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