The Board has determined that the veteran's current low back disability is not related to service or a service-connected condition, and thus denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence linking the veteran's current low back disability to service or any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0621257
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The claim for service connection for back injury residuals has been reopened, but further development is needed. Other claims are remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for additional development, specifically to obtain an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's low back disability.
- Denied
The Board denied the service connection claim for residuals of back or neck injury as new and material evidence was not received to reopen the previously denied claim.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's current back disability is not related to his service and denied his claim for service connection.
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