The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability with disk herniation and DDD on the basis of aggravation of a preexisting disorder. The Veteran's nonservice-connected pension claim is denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on aggravation of a pre-existing lumbar spine condition during active duty training (ACDUTRA).
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine with herniated nucleus pulposus L3-L4 and L4-L5
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19104307
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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