The Board has granted service connection for degenerative arthritis of the low back and scarring of the left lung as a result of pneumonia in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports a finding that the veteran's current conditions are related to his military service, with particular emphasis on the continuity of symptoms since service and the nexus between service and current diagnoses.
- Claimed conditions
- low back degenerative arthritis, left lung scarring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 2, 2006
- Citation
- 0605998
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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