The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current low back injury or disorder related to service, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence documenting a low back injury until 1968, over 20 years after discharge from service. The private physician stated there is no way he could tell whether the veteran's remote injury caused the current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a low back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0608902
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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