The Board found that the veteran's current low back disorder, diagnosed as herniated nucleus pulposus and lumbar fibromyositis, is not causally related to his active military service or an in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's current low back disorder and any incident during his active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar fibromyositis, herniated nucleus pulposus at L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0002289
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal seeking to revise the October 1986 rating decision is dismissed as the October 1986 decision was subsumed by the April 2020 Board decision, which granted service connection for lumbar degenerative disc disease.
- Partly granted
The appeal for service connection of lumbar fibromyositis was dismissed. The appeals for right ankle sprain and ankle calcaneus spurs were denied.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal to increase the rating for his back condition has been withdrawn by the appellant, and thus the case is dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to issues regarding functional loss during flare-ups and after repeated use of the back, as well as the adequacy of previous VA examination reports.
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