The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, finding that these conditions are related to the Veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a current lumbar spine disability, in-service injury to the lumbar spine, competent and credible complaints of low back pain since service, which a VA physician has determined is the result of degenerative joint disease, and no intercurrent injury to the back since service to explain the current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative joint disease, radiculopathy of the bilateral lower extremities, to include as secondary to a lumbar spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- 25015076
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