The Board finds that any injury to the low back during service was acute and resolved without leaving chronic disability. Therefore, the veteran's current low back disability is not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no credible evidence of a low back injury or symptoms during service, and there is insufficient continuity of symptomatology after service to support a finding of chronicity.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Arthritis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0125154
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