The Board found no evidence of a low back disability during service and concluded that any current low back disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service. The veteran's allergic rhinitis, reactive airway disease, and headaches are secondary to his service-connected nasal fracture with shattered facial bone.
The deciding factor: Service medical records do not show chronic low back problems during service. Any current low back disability is not linked to any incident of service. Allergic rhinitis, reactive airway disease, and headaches are found to be related to the veteran's service-connected nasal fracture with shattered facial bone.
- Claimed conditions
- Allergic Rhinitis, Reactive Airway Disease, and Headaches, Low Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 2, 2005
- Citation
- 0502421
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