The Board found that the Veteran's lumbar spine and leg disabilities were not incurred in or aggravated by active service, and thus denied both claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a chronic lumbar spine or leg disorder during service, and there was no medical opinion linking current disability to service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine spondylolisthesis with degenerative joint disease and degenerative disc disease, leg disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2011
- Citation
- 1105373
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