The Board has granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that the veteran's current back condition is related to his military service. However, service connection was denied for throat pain as it has not been medically linked to service.
The deciding factor: A VA physician concluded that the veteran's currently diagnosed lumbosacral strain had its onset in service and provided no evidence refuting this view.
- Claimed conditions
- back symptoms, throat pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2008
- Citation
- 0833187
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