The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for low back pain and tinnitus are not well grounded, as there is no competent medical evidence showing these conditions resulted from or were aggravated by VA treatment in May 1997.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran has not presented any competent medical evidence relating his low back pain and tinnitus to the VA treatment provided in May 1997, including a lumbar puncture attempt for lymphocytic meningitis.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain, tinnitus
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2000
- Citation
- 0016037
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