The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disorder with arthritis, finding that there is no evidence linking his current condition to service or any presumptive conditions.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing a link between the Veteran's current low back disorder and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder with arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0936128
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