The Board has granted service connection for right and left lower extremity nerve conditions as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least in approximate balance regarding whether the Veteran's current right and left lower extremity nerve condition was caused by his service-connected lumbar spine disability, with a private examiner finding it likely due to the service-connected condition and a VA examiner concluding against such causation. The Board found that none of the medical opinions were more probative than the other.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity nerve condition, left lower extremity nerve condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2024
- Citation
- A24074559
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Decisions by this judge: 1,960 · Granted: 36% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal for a compensable disability rating for his service-connected right knee scar was withdrawn by the Veteran and his authorized representative.,The Board has remanded the issues of entitlement to a compensable disability rating for migraine headaches, service connection for a lower back condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee condition, service connection for a right hip condition as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected right knee condition, and service connection for a right lower extremity nerve condition as secondary to the Veteran's claimed lower back condition.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for left and right lower extremity nerve conditions as there is no competent medical evidence of a current disability or functional impairment related to these conditions.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further development and consideration, including a VA examination to address the Veteran's symptoms and their impact on his service-connected conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for sleep apnea, back pain, right lower extremity nerve condition, left lower extremity nerve condition, and left shoulder condition. The evidence did not support a finding that these conditions were related to service or secondary to a service-connected disability.
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