The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for thoracolumbar degenerative disc and joint disease, finding that there is no evidence of a back injury during service and no current condition related to her service-connected fracture of the pubis. The Board concluded that the veteran's current spine condition is not causally related to service.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the objective medical evidence does not support a finding that the veteran's thoracolumbar degenerative disc and joint disease is causally related to her active service or proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disease or injury.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar degenerative disc and joint disease, dislocated disc of the mid back with pinched nerve
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0616381
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