The Board has determined that the veteran's back disability is service-connected due to degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine, which are causally related to active duty service.,The Board has also determined that the veteran's left shoulder impingement is service-connected as it is causally related to active duty service.
The deciding factor: Medical evidence supports a finding that both conditions are causally related to active duty service, leading to their service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative changes of the lumbosacral spine, Left shoulder impingement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2008
- Citation
- 0809449
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What this means for you
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