The Veteran's right lower extremity nerve condition is secondary to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided a causal link between the Veteran's lumbar spine disability and his right lower extremity nerve condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Right lower extremity nerve condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 18, 2024
- Citation
- A24075538
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Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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