The Board found that new and material evidence had been received to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for myositis of the dorsal spine. However, the Board determined that there is no current diagnosis of myositis of the dorsal spine in the medical records, and thus denied the claim as the preponderance of the evidence does not support a finding of service connection.
The deciding factor: The absence of a current diagnosis for myositis of the dorsal spine in the post-service medical records rendered the claim insufficient to establish service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- myositis of the dorsal spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2006
- Citation
- 0600335
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