The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's back, neck, left lower extremity, and bilateral hip disabilities as they are related to his service-connected back disability.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current diagnoses of back and neck disabilities were related to in-service incidents and provided a reasoned analysis based on the Veteran's medical history and lay testimony.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine (back disability), Degenerative joint disease of the cervical spine (neck disability), Peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity (left lower extremity disability), Residuals of a bilateral hip bone graft with residual pain syndrome (bilateral hip disability)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2022
- Citation
- 22060084
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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- Denied
The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and TDIU were denied as the evidence did not support an earlier date of entitlement to service connection.
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