The Board has denied service connection for lumbar spine disability, weakness of the right and left lower extremities secondary to lumbar spine disability, chronic fatigue syndrome, and cervical spine disability. The Veteran's current conditions are not related to his military service.,Service connection was denied as there is no evidence that any of these conditions began during or were aggravated by service.

The deciding factor: The Board found that the preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding that the Veteran’s current lumbar spine disability, weakness of the lower extremities, chronic fatigue syndrome, and cervical spine disability are related to his military service. The VA examiner concluded that these conditions were not caused or aggravated by any in-service injury or disease.

Claimed conditions

{"condition_name":"lumbar spine disability","diagnosis":"degenerative disc disease, spondylolisthesis and spondylolysis"}, {"condition_name":"weakness right lower extremity","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"weakness left lower extremity","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"chronic fatigue syndrome","diagnosis":null}, {"condition_name":"cervical spine disability","diagnosis":"moderate degenerative disc disease and loss of normal cervical lordosis"}

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

December 31, 2019

Citation

A19003910

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