The Board has granted service connection for lumbar spine muscle strain, and the veteran's claim for a TDIU prior to May 2, 2000 is being remanded.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the veteran's credible testimony of continuing back problems since service and medical opinions linking his current back disability to service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine muscle strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0610441
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,464 · Granted: 14% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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