The Veteran's claim for service connection for low back pain, diagnosed as lumbar degenerative disc disease and spinal stenosis, was granted. The disability is considered to be a direct result of the Veteran's military service without any presumption or secondary relationship.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found it less likely than not that the Veteran’s lumbar disability was related to his service due to lack of evidence of continuity of symptomatology and negative medical records regarding the etiology of the condition.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain, lumbar degenerative disc disease, spinal stenosis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159784
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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
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