The Board granted service connection for a back disability, a left leg disability as secondary to the back disability, and insomnia disorder as secondary to the back disability. The issue of entitlement to service connection for a left hip disability as secondary to the back disability was remanded.

The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's competent lay evidence of an in-service back injury and ongoing symptoms, medical records indicating a current diagnosis of degenerative arthritis, and VA examination findings linking the back disability to the service-connected conditions.

Claimed conditions

back disability, left leg disability (secondary to back disability), insomnia disorder (secondary to back disability)

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 22, 2025

Citation

A25109986

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