The Board found that the Veteran's current back disorder is not related to his period of active duty service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: Competent medical evidence does not establish a nexus between the Veteran's current degenerative disc disease of the lumbosacral spine and his period of active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative Disc Disease of Lumbosacral Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0927497
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- Granted
The Veteran's lumbosacral spine disability was rated at 10 percent prior to November 18, 2008, and increased to 40 percent thereafter.
- Granted
The RO reduced the evaluation for left knee instability from 20% to noncompensable effective October 1, 2008. The RO also maintained a 40% rating for degenerative disc disease and degenerative joint disease of the lumbosacral spine.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection due to a failure of military personnel to forward his application, finding that there was no legal basis for such an award.
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