The Board denied the Veteran's claim of service connection for a lumbosacral spine disability, arthritis, and degenerative disc disease, finding that these conditions were not incurred or aggravated by service. The Board also found that they are unrelated to his service-connected left knee disability.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that any lumbosacral spine disability was not related to the Veteran's service and that there is no superimposed disability resulting from aggravation of a pre-existing congenital spine disability. The degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine was also found not to be manifest within one year of separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- Lumbosacral Spine Disability, Arthritis, Degenerative Disc Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1026510
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