The Board has granted service connection for cervical strain with cervical spondylosis, right sciatic nerve disability, and left sciatic nerve disability as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: Both VA examiners and a private nurse practitioner provided opinions supporting the Veteran's claim that his cervical and sciatic nerve disabilities are caused by or related to his service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical strain with cervical spondylosis, Right sciatic nerve disability, Left sciatic nerve disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 29, 2026
- Citation
- A26040325
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied earlier effective dates for service connection of various disabilities, except for the right and left sciatic nerve disabilities which were granted an effective date of August 18, 2020.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right wrist, lumbar spine, sleep impairment, and left sciatic nerve disabilities. The evidence does not support a finding that these conditions are related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for lumbar spine disability, right and left sciatic nerve disabilities due to secondary service-connected cervical spine disability. Additional medical guidance is needed to address the Veteran's reports of continuous symptomatology since service or causation.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed disabilities are not related to service and have denied his claims for service connection.
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