The Board has granted the Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbar spine spondylosis, finding that it is related to a traumatic injury sustained during active duty.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's history of multiple parachute jumps with traumatic injury in service and his subsequent treatment for lumbar spondylosis are consistent, even if there were no medical records documenting this history after service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine spondylosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19104585
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.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbar spine spondylosis as aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine with degenerative arthritis, and also granted an increased rating of 20 percent for the degenerative joint disease from April 18, 2024.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an effective date prior to November 4, 2009, for the grant of service connection for a back disability and granted service connection for right lower extremity radiculopathy. The claims for initial ratings, secondary service connection, and TDIU were remanded.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for an increased rating in excess of 20 percent from June 20, 2016, to October 22, 2019, and in excess of 10 percent from October 23, 2019, for lumbar spine spondylosis due to a need for additional medical evidence regarding the severity of the disability without the ameliorative effects of pain medication.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal for service connection of a back disability secondary to a service-connected right knee disability is remanded. The Board needs more medical evidence.
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