The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for lumbar disc disease with degenerative changes in July 1990. The evidence submitted since that decision does not present new and material evidence, thus the claim remains denied.
The deciding factor: The recent medical records do not provide an opinion regarding the etiology of the disability claimed, and the veteran's statements are insufficient to establish a relationship between the condition and either his military service or his service-connected lumbosacral strain.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar disc disease with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0330167
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