The Board denied service connection for spondylosis and left scoliosis of the lumbar spine due to an undiagnosed illness.
The deciding factor: There were no objective indications that the claimed conditions were related to an undiagnosed illness during active service in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during the Persian Gulf War.
- Claimed conditions
- mild spondylosis, left scoliosis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2009
- Citation
- 0905572
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- Granted
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