The Board has determined that the Veteran's current lumbar spine disability, including arthritis and radiculopathy, is related to his in-service injury and finds a continuity of symptoms since service. As such, the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The Board found a continuity of symptomatology from the in-service injury to the current diagnosis of lumbar spine disability, which was linked by medical opinions to the in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine arthritis, lumbar radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2018
- Citation
- 1807447
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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
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- Dismissed
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