The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a back injury, finding that there was no evidence of chronic disability in service or within one year thereafter. The VA examiner concluded that the current neck and low back disabilities are not related to an inservice parachute jump.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not support a link between the veteran's current back condition and his inservice injury, as there was no chronicity of disability in service or within one year thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a back injury, degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0033813
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What this means for you
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