The Board found that the Veteran's back condition is not related to his service and denied both claims for service connection and TDIU.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a relationship between the Veteran's current back condition and his military service, including a gunshot wound in 2003 which he claimed as the onset of his symptoms.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease, L5-S1, fracture at T-12
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0944651
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