The Board found that the appellant's back disorder was not incurred in or aggravated by service, and denied his claim.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of evidence indicated that the appellant did not sustain a back injury during service and that any current back disorders are not related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disk disease of the cervical spine, Degenerative osteoarthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2008
- Citation
- 0831198
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