The Board finds that the veteran's thoracic spine disability was not incurred during military service and denies his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The separation examination report from February 1956 showed no complaints or clinical abnormalities involving the thoracic spine, and there is no medical evidence to establish the type of trauma causing the currently diagnosed disability.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracic spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0107855
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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