The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine with spondylosis and radiculopathy, finding that it was incurred in active service. The cervical spine issue remains pending.
The deciding factor: The evidence established a link between the Veteran's back condition and his military service, including treatment for low back pain during service and ongoing symptoms since then.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the thoracolumbar spine with spondylosis and radiculopathy, degenerative disc disease of the cervical spine with spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 22, 2010
- Citation
- 1003359
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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