The RO severed service connection for the Veteran's low back disability as it was determined to be a result of clear and unmistakable error in the original grant.
The deciding factor: There was clear and unmistakable error in the original July 2003 rating decision that granted service connection, which did not include credible evidence of continuity of low back symptomatology or competent medical evidence of nexus between current disability and service.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- September 6, 2011
- Citation
- 1132693
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