The Board granted service connection for left leg pain and numbness, right leg pain and numbness, and a lumbar back disability, all based on the evidence being at least evenly balanced as to whether these conditions had their onset in active service.

The deciding factor: The evidence was considered to be at least evenly balanced as to whether the Veteran's current bilateral leg pain and numbness and lumbar back disability began during his service due to a bulldozer incident, thus granting service connection with reasonable doubt resolved in favor of the Veteran.

Claimed conditions

left leg pain and numbness, to include paresthesia, right leg pain and numbness, lumbar back disability, variously diagnosed as osteoarthritis with degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine and chronic back pain

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

100%

Decision date

October 23, 2025

Citation

A25091909

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