The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for right lower extremity nerve disability as secondary to a service-connected lumbar spine condition due to lack of evidence linking the current condition to service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not persuasively show that the Veteran's right lower extremity nerve disability was caused or aggravated by his service-connected lumbar spine condition.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2026
- Citation
- A26003802
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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