The Veteran's right ingrown toenail is granted a 10 percent rating. The service connection for his back disability, including lumbar spondylosis, lumbosacral strain, and degenerative disc disease/degenerative joint disease, is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's current back disability is not related to an in-service injury or disease, including the prior lipoma removal, and is not aggravated by the service-connected residual scar from lipoma removal.
- Claimed conditions
- Right ingrown toenail, Back disability, including lumbar spondylosis, lumbosacral strain, and lumbar degenerative disc disease/degenerative joint disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 16, 2022
- Citation
- 22064318
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