Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hip osteoarthritis, but dismissed the claim for a cervical spine disability (cervicalgia) due to an impermissible concurrent election under the Appeals Modernization Act.
The deciding factor: The evidence was at least in equipoise that the lumbosacral strain is secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hip osteoarthritis, but the appeal for cervicalgia was dismissed due to a procedural defect under the AMA.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain, cervical spine disability (previously cervicalgia)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102013
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