The Board found that the Veteran's current back disability is not related to his active service and denied his claim for service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that there was no evidence linking the Veteran's mid and low back disability to his active service, attributing it instead to post-service work-related injuries and obesity.
- Claimed conditions
- mid and low back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1042079
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- Remanded (sent back)
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