The Veteran is granted service connection for degenerative lumbar disc disease with chronic low back pain and hypertension. Service connection was not established for left knee disorder, right knee disorder, or heart palpitations.
The deciding factor: Service connection was granted based on the continuity of symptoms since service and medical evidence linking current diagnoses to service.
- Claimed conditions
- low_back_pain, degenerative_lumbar_disc_disease, chronic_low_back_pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 29, 2010
- Citation
- 1044459
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board found insufficient evidence to establish service connection for the Veteran's low back condition, as her in-service treatment records do not support a finding of an in-service injury or incident. The respiratory condition issue is marked as 'unknown' due to lack of relevant information.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability of the lower back and therefore, service connection for this condition cannot be granted.
- Denied
The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for a low back disability, but denied the claims for right and left knee disabilities due to lack of relevant medical evidence. The Veteran's current lumbago was not related to her military service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disability is not service-connected as it did not manifest during his active duty and there is no evidence of an in-service injury or disease. The current condition was found to be due to a fall in 1981, which caused trauma to the cervical and thoracic spine.
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