The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a low back injury, finding that there was no medical evidence linking his current disability to service.
The deciding factor: The VA physician expressed an opinion that it was not as likely as not that the veteran's military service resulted in the disease entity 55 years after service in the absence of an interval history of a back condition that could be reviewed or substantiated.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a low back injury, arthritis of the lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0637306
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- Granted
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- Denied
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