The Board has determined that the veteran does not have a current disability of the spine and there is no evidence linking any in-service injury or disease to his current symptoms. Therefore, service connection for a spinal disability is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a current disability of the spine or an in-service injury or disease that may be related to any current symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2006
- Citation
- 0623872
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What this means for you
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