The Veteran's low back disability is found to be incurred during service.,The Veteran's facial scar is found to be incurred during service.
The deciding factor: Service records show the Veteran experienced recurrent low back pain since service, and his current condition can be linked to in-service trauma. The Veteran also reported a history of jet fuel exposure which may have contributed to his facial scar.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine, Facial scar of the lower left mandible
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 12, 2016
- Citation
- 1627525
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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The Board has granted service connection for osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and right ankle disorder.
- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases for further examinations and consideration of service connection claims due to lack of recent evaluations.
- Denied
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for her lumbar spine disability was denied. The Board found that the evidence did not warrant a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic codes.
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