Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for left femoral nerve entrapment secondary to a low back disability.
The deciding factor: The private medical opinion provided by the Veteran's representative established a link between his current disabilities and his military service, satisfying the third element of direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Left femoral nerve entrapment
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25010874
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