The Board has determined that the Veteran's pre-existing lower lumbar spine degenerative disc disease and arthritis was aggravated by active service, thus granting service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the injury sustained in service could have exacerbated the patient's condition, which is more likely than not a preexisting condition that was worsened by the injury sustained in service.
- Claimed conditions
- lower lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, lower lumbar spine arthritis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2010
- Citation
- 1017687
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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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