The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and disc disease. The case was remanded for additional development, including a VA examination, regarding the Veteran's bilateral foot condition. The claim is now pending again after the RO issued a rating decision granting service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the criteria for service connection were met based on the Veteran's in-service injury and subsequent degenerative changes in his feet.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with degenerative arthritis and disc disease, bilateral foot condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2022
- Citation
- 22064418
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral foot condition and migraines, but remanded the claim for a back condition.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a back condition, numbness left upper extremity, allergic rhinitis, bilateral foot condition, BHL, ED, insomnia, and sinusitis. The only granted issue was service connection for hypertension.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeals for an increased rating for loin pain hematuria syndrome and service connection for a bilateral foot condition, thus dismissing the claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board of Veterans' Appeals remands the claims for service connection for a back condition, left leg condition, and bilateral foot condition due to errors in the previous decision.
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