Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar arachnoiditis based on the Veteran's credible report of an in-service motor vehicle accident and the opinion from his treating VA neurologist.
The deciding factor: The Board found the Veteran's reported medical history of an inservice MVA credible and consistent with his diagnosed arachnoiditis, despite missing service treatment records and post-service VA treatment records from 1980 to 1994 and 1996 to 2002.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar arachnoiditis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25012695
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