The Board finds that the Veteran's current back problems are not related to his military service, and thus service connection is denied for all claimed spinal disorders.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing an increase in disability of Scheuermann's kyphosis during service. The remaining spinal disorders (multilevel degenerative lumbar disc disease and/or spinal stenosis) are not shown to be related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Scheuermann's kyphosis, multilevel degenerative lumbar disc disease, spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2010
- Citation
- 1020494
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What this means for you
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