The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a low back disability, finding that there was no credible evidence linking his current degenerative disc disease to service or an in-service injury.
The deciding factor: Medical opinions consistently found the current low back disability not related to service or the in-service injury during service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine, degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2014
- Citation
- 1401390
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