The Board has determined that the veteran's low back condition is related to his service and granted service connection for this disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the veteran had back pain while in service, which continued until the present time, and found a current diagnosis of chronic strain lumbosacral spine with bulging disc L4-L5.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 4, 2000
- Citation
- 0020460
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What this means for you
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