The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for mild degenerative changes, lumbosacral spine, as there was no medical evidence to support a link between the current condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: It would be speculative to link the veteran's current lumbar disorder to his service or any incident of that service due to the lack of corroborating evidence of back pain proximate to service and the absence of a continuity of treatment after discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- mild degenerative changes, lumbosacral spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2009
- Citation
- 0907224
What this means for you
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