The Board has determined that the appellant's low back disability is not incurred or aggravated by his active duty, and arthritis was not shown within one year of separation from service. The current low back disability is also not found to be proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected left foot fracture.
The deciding factor: The VA examination reports do not support a finding that the appellant's current low back disability is related to his active duty, and arthritis was not shown within one year of separation from service. The examiner did not find any direct link between the appellant's in-service injury and his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Degenerative Joint Disease (L5-S1), Tendon tear and inflammation in the peroneal tendon of the left foot
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 26, 2011
- Citation
- 1120558
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