The Veteran's arthritis of the low back with low back pain and radiculopathy to the legs was not incurred in or aggravated by active service, and the incurrence or aggravation of this condition during such service may not be presumed.,The Veteran's epidemic parotitis (mumps) was not incurred in or aggravated by active service. The Veteran has no current residual disability from his in-service mumps.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a chronic low back disorder present during service, and the Veteran did not have any residuals of an in-service spinal tap that would support a finding of service connection for arthritis of the low back with low back pain and radiculopathy to the legs.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the low back with low back pain and radiculopathy to the legs, Epidemic parotitis (mumps), Athlete's foot
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2009
- Citation
- 0931442
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