The Veteran's L5-S1 bulging disc and degenerative joint disease are related to an in-service injury, and the Board grants service connection for these conditions.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran's condition was at least as likely as not incurred in or caused by the claimed in-service injury, event, or illness.
- Claimed conditions
- muscle spasm, mild degenerative changes, L5-S1; mild degenerative changes, lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2014
- Citation
- 1444263
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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