The Board denied service connection for degenerative disc disease as secondary to the veteran's service-connected fracture of left transverse process at L2 and also denied a compensable disability rating for the same condition.
The deciding factor: The VA medical records did not show any evidence linking the current degenerative disc disease to the in-service fracture of the left transverse process at L2, and the Board found that there was no clear and unmistakable error (CUE) in previous decisions denying service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease, fracture of left transverse process at L2
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0205358
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