The Board has determined that neither an upper nor lower back injury was incurred in or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: No medical evidence supports a link between the veteran's current back injuries and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Upper back injury, Lower back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 29, 2001
- Citation
- 0114896
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