The Board denied the appellant's claim of service connection for a spine disorder, finding that his preexisting condition did not worsen during his period of active duty for training.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that there was no evidence to support the claim of aggravation due to a rough bus ride and painful whirlpool treatment during active duty for training.
- Claimed conditions
- Spine Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0202057
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- Denied
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