The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for degenerative joint disease and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, as well as his claim for multiple sclerosis (MS), finding that there was no evidence to support these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The VA did not find any medical evidence linking the veteran's current back disorders or MS to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative joint disease and degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, multiple sclerosis (MS)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2005
- Citation
- 0523756
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