The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic lumbosacral spine disability, finding that his current condition was not incurred in or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a low back injury during service and no medical opinion linking the current condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic lumbosacral spine disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 8, 2009
- Citation
- 0933579
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a chronic thoracic spine disability, finding that the Veteran's pre-existing injury to his T12 vertebra was aggravated by active duty. The claim for lumbosacral spine disability is denied as it did not have its onset during active military service and is not secondary to a service-connected thoracic spine disability.
- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's chronic lumbosacral spine disability was not incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's chronic lumbosacral spine disability was not incurred or aggravated during service and may not be presumed to have been incurred in service. The claim for service connection is therefore denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for arthritis of the cervical spine, but denied service connection for a chronic lumbosacral spine disability. The veteran is also awarded an initial 10% rating for his hemorrhoids.
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