The Board denied service connection for low back pain and hearing loss disability, finding that the Veteran's current conditions did not manifest to a compensable degree within one year of discharge from service or were not proximately caused by her service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show chronicity of symptoms since service or manifestation of arthritis/degenerative changes within one year following separation from service, and the Board found no direct service connection based on in-service injury. The hearing loss disability was also not shown to be related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain (low back disability), hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1009839
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