The Board granted service connection for a back disability and sciatic radiculopathy of the right lower extremity, both found to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected plantar fasciitis.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence demonstrated that the Veteran's back disability and radiculopathy were secondary to his service-connected plantar fasciitis.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), sciatic radiculopathy of the right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25043244
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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