The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, to include bilateral lower extremity sciatica, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic in-service injury or disease and that the current disability is not related to service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no medical evidence linking the current lumbar spine disability to an in-service event and concluded it is less likely than not caused by service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative facet arthrosis status post laminectomy surgery, bilateral lower extremity sciatica
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24070020
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Decisions by this judge: 241 · Granted: 35% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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