The Board found that the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a low back disability is not well grounded and denied it.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined there were no objective findings of any back abnormality, and the medical documentation did not support intermittent episodes of low back pain. The examiner concluded the veteran merely sustained a soft tissue injury which would resolve after sixty to ninety days.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 26, 2000
- Citation
- 0011043
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