The Board finds that the Veteran's current back disability is related to an in-service injury and grants service connection for her lower back disability.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence supports a finding that the Veteran's current back disability was incurred in or aggravated by an in-service injury, leading to secondary service connection due to aggravation of a pre-existing condition.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back degenerative arthritis, degenerative findings at C5-C6 and C6-C7, moderate spinal canal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1519832
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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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