The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis, finding that it is at least as likely as not proximately due to her service-connected varicose veins in her lower extremities.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis is proximately due to or the result of her service-connected varicose veins, which were linked by multiple medical opinions and supported by medical literature.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 7, 2024
- Citation
- A24063743
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,797 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the issue of entitlement to a disability rating for degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis higher than 10 percent from April 3, 2015, through December 4, 2018, and higher than 20 percent from December 5, 2018, through March 8, 2021.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis from April 3, 2015, through December 4, 2018 was denied as his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 10 percent.,The Veteran's claim for a higher rating for degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis from December 5, 2018, through March 8, 2021 was also denied as his symptoms did not meet the criteria for a rating higher than 20 percent.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis and a cervical spine disability, finding that the Veteran's back disability is congenital and not aggravated by service. Service connection was also denied for a thyroid disorder due to lack of evidence showing an in-service injury or disease.
- Denied
The Veteran's degenerative arthritis of the spine with spinal stenosis was not found to meet or approximate the criteria for a compensable rating prior to November 10, 2009. From November 10, 2009 to March 6, 2013, he received a 10 percent rating. The 20 percent rating from March 7, 2013 to April 2, 2015 was granted. Since then, the Veteran's condition has not met or approximated the criteria for a higher rating.
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