The Board found that the Veteran does not have degenerative disc disease at L4-5 that is causally or etiologically related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show any current disability of degenerative disc disease at L4-5 and no in-service injury, event, or disease was shown to be the cause of such condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease at L4-5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1037684
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