The Board found no evidence of a service-connected back injury and denied the claim for residuals of a back injury. For skin irritation and burning of hands, knees, and feet, the Board concluded that there was insufficient evidence to establish service connection due to lack of continuity of symptomatology.
The deciding factor: VA medical opinions were provided indicating no link between current back or skin conditions and service, with the examiner concluding that any current back condition is less likely than not related to a single incident in service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of Back Injury, Skin Irritation and Burning of Hands, Knees, and Feet
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 4, 2016
- Citation
- 1608770
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