The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disorder with right lower extremity and left lower extremity radiculopathy, as well as a right hip disorder, diagnosed as degenerative arthritis.
The deciding factor: The lay statements of record, including hearing testimony, regarding the onset and worsening of the Veteran's low back and right hip pain during and since discharge from service are competent, credible, and highly probative.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorder with right lower extremity and left lower extremity radiculopathy, right hip disorder, diagnosed as degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2024
- Citation
- 24004875
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.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the claims for service connection for right and left lower extremity, lumbar radiculopathy as they were already granted. The claims for service connection for a right hip disorder, left hip disorder, right elbow disorder, left elbow disorder, and cervical spine disorder are remanded for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to service connection for a right hip disorder for further development, specifically requiring an addendum medical opinion from a VA doctor.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the service connection claims for various conditions due to a lack of compliance with previous remand directives and inadequate medical opinions.
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