The Board found that there is no evidence to support a finding of low back disability with radiculopathy due to injury, disease or other event during service. The Veteran's current assertions of having had chronic or recurrent low back problems since service are not consistent with his own actions and the overall record.
The deciding factor: The weight of the competent medical evidence is against a finding that a low back disability with radiculopathy is related to the Veteran's period of service.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disability with Radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 16, 2012
- Citation
- 1239311
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's current low back disability with radiculopathy and his military service, thus denying the claim.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board finds that the Veteran's current low back disability did not manifest during service or within one year of separation, and there is no clear and unmistakable evidence to rebut the presumption of soundness. The VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's lumbar disability was not aggravated by his second period of active duty.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disability with radiculopathy did not have its onset in service, manifest within one year of discharge from service, and is not shown by the competent and probative evidence to be the result of disease or injury incurred during the Veteran's military service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability was reopened and granted effective August 1, 2007. The appeal regarding increased evaluations for left lower extremity radiculopathy has been withdrawn and reinstated.
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