The Board has determined that the veteran's current lumbosacral spine disorder is related to an injury sustained during service, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a finding that the veteran's current lumbosacral spine disorder is linked to his in-service injury, with continuity of symptomatology established.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0413471
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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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