The Board found that the veteran's current low back disability is not related to his military service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of a chronic condition in service or within one year after service, and the VA examiners concluded that the veteran's current complaints were not related to the injury in service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of an injury to the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 14, 2005
- Citation
- 0527875
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