The Board denied service connection for a low back disability and fibromyalgia. The veteran's claim for reopening the low back disability was granted, but the claim for service connection remained denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish that the current low back disability is related to active service or any other compensable exposure basis.
- Claimed conditions
- low_back_strain, chronic_low_back_pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2008
- Citation
- 0844263
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