The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder and TDIU due to lack of evidence showing a direct relationship between his current conditions and service or service-connected disabilities. The Board also found that the Veteran was not unemployable due to his service-connected disabilities.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a nexus between the Veteran's current low back disorder, left leg injury, and left knee condition and his military service or any service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder (degenerative arthritis), left leg injury, left knee mild degenerative spurring
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19109989
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