The Board found that the veteran's back disability was not incurred in or aggravated by active service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the probative evidence showed that the veteran's currently diagnosed back disability is not related to an in-service disease or injury.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 27, 2004
- Citation
- 0433961
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