The Board denied service connection for a chronic acquired psychiatric disorder and degenerative disease of the back, including degenerative disc disease and arthritis, both secondary to the veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's variously diagnosed psychiatric disorders or his degenerative disease of the back to his service-connected lumbar strain.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Acquired Psychiatric Disorder, Degenerative Disease of the Back, including Degenerative Disc Disease and Arthritis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2002
- Citation
- 0202650
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