The Board has determined that the veteran's current low back disability, including arthralgia and limited lumbar spine motion, is a residual of an injury sustained during service. The claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows continuity of symptoms from the in-service parachute accident to the present, with medical opinion linking the current condition to the service event.
- Claimed conditions
- arthralgia, limited lumbar spine motion
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2004
- Citation
- 0405421
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Decisions by this judge: 396 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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