The Board has found that the veteran's current lumbar spine disability is related to an in-service back injury, and thus service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a current lumbar spine disability, credible reports of an in-service injury, and medical evidence linking the present disability to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Joint Disease of the Lumbosacral Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0609767
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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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