The Board finds that the Veteran's current low back disabilities, including lumbar disc disease and spinal stenosis, are proximately due to his military service. The decision is based on a finding of continuity of symptomatology from service through the present.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows a history of in-service injury and subsequent treatment for low back issues, with current diagnoses that can be linked to this history.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain, lumbar disc disease, spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2011
- Citation
- 1132821
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Granted
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