The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for chronic sinusitis. The evidence did not support granting either claim.
The deciding factor: The pre-existing low back disability was not aggravated by military training, and there were no incapacitating episodes of sinusitis requiring antibiotic treatment over the past year.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disc, joint, impingement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19132252
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 882 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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