The Board has granted service connection for bilateral lower extremity radicular pain as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected scoliosis. The issues of service connection for left knee condition, plantar fasciitis, right shoulder condition, tooth condition, and seborrheic dermatosis of the scalp and heloma durum of the right foot have been dismissed.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's radicular pain is due to her service-connected scoliosis and not a separate hip disability. The VA examiner opined that the Veteran did not have a current or chronic condition related to her hips, but acknowledged her radicular symptoms as likely attributed to her lower back.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity radicular pain, right lower extremity radicular pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 19, 2026
- Citation
- A26015122
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- Partly granted
The Board denied a compensable rating for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for service connection for various disabilities, including left knee, right knee, left wrist, right wrist, back, OSA, anxiety disorder, eating/feeding disorder, radicular pain in the right lower extremity, and tinnitus.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for service connection for left and right lower extremity radicular pain has been granted. The Board found that the Veteran's radicular pain is etiologically linked to her service-connected degenerative arthritis of the spine.
- Dismissed
Your appeal for service connection for left and right lower extremity radicular pain has been dismissed as the AOJ granted you service connection under a different process (AMA) in a previous decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The DIC claim is denied because the Veteran's service-connected disabilities were not continuously rated totally disabling for a period of 10 or more years prior to his death. The cause of death claim is remanded as an addendum opinion is needed.
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