The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar disorder, diagnosed as degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis and intervertebral disc disorder with right lower extremity radiculopathy.
The deciding factor: The evidence is in equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's lumbar disorders are related to his military service, thus resolving any doubt in favor of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis, intervertebral disc disorder with right lower extremity radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 12, 2026
- Citation
- A26013180
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for various service-connected conditions, except for a right hand 5th finger Depuytren's contracture, which was granted an initial 10 percent rating.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis and bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy based on the evidence showing a relationship to the Veteran's active service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for an increased rating for lumbar degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis and left lower extremity radiculopathy to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error.
- Partly granted
The Board granted the restoration of a 40 percent rating for lumbar degenerative disc disease with spinal stenosis, effective May 1, 2024, due to an improper reduction in rating without following proper procedural guidelines.
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