The Board denied service connection for the Veteran's low back disability, right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, and right and left knee disabilities due to a lack of evidence showing their onset during or within one year after service, as well as no causal relationship to service.
The deciding factor: Service treatment records were negative for complaints or treatment related to the Veteran's claimed low back injury. The Board also noted that there was no evidence of onset of right and left lower extremity radiculopathy until approximately 2012, which occurred after separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability (DDD, spinal stenosis, degenerative arthritis), Right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, Left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, Right knee disability (meniscal tear, iliotibial band friction syndrome), Left knee disability (iliotibial band friction syndrome)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2023
- Citation
- 23005682
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted a rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, finding that it most nearly approximated moderate incomplete paralysis.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial disability rating of 40 percent for right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, which is considered moderately severe incomplete paralysis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis and spinal stenosis with L3-L5 disc herniation (lumbar disability), left lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve, and right lower extremity radiculopathy of the sciatic nerve. The Board found that these conditions are related to service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing or a special home adaptation grant due to lack of loss of use resulting from his disabilities.
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