The Board has determined that the veteran does not have residuals of a thoracic spine injury related to service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence confirming the presence of a current thoracic spine disorder, leading to the conclusion that the preponderance of the evidence is against the appellant's claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of thoracic spine injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0307407
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 541 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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- Whole decision: Denied
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- Whole decision: Denied
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