The Board has determined that there is no evidence of a back injury or disorder in service, and the current back disorder has not been related to military service. As such, the claim for service connection for a back disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a link between the veteran's current back disorder and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- mild degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0612069
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