The Board has remanded the case for clarification of whether the Veteran's low back disorder is related to service or a service-connected disability, and if so, whether it qualifies as a qualifying chronic disability under 38 C.F.R. § 3.317.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide an opinion regarding whether the Veteran's subjective complaints are attributable to x-ray findings of dextroscoliosis, sacralization of L5 and/or most recently, degenerative facet disease.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1004764
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