Granted
The Board granted service connection for a back disability, right lower extremity radiculopathy, and left lower extremity radiculopathy based on the Veteran's credible reports of continuous symptoms since active service.
The deciding factor: The evidence is at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's back disability had its onset in service with continuity of symptoms to the present, and the Board resolved reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), lumbar spondylosis, and levoscoliosis, Right lower extremity radiculopathy, Left lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 6, 2025
- Citation
- A25086003
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