The Board has determined that the veteran's low back disability, including degenerative disc disease and arthritis, was incurred during service due to an inservice injury. Service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a chronic low back disorder with onset in service and progression over time, attributable to an inservice injury.
- Claimed conditions
- low back degenerative disc disease, lumbar degenerative arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- April 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0203361
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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