The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a lumbar disorder, finding that there was no evidence of a current disability related to service and rejecting the Veteran's contention that his back pain started during service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking any current back disorder to service, and the preponderance of the most probative evidence is against the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar arthritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19163680
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The veteran is granted TDIU from January 11, 2019, to January 10, 2021, but the appeal for TDIU from January 11, 2021, is dismissed as moot.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim for service connection for a lumbar spine disability, diagnosed as lumbar strain, lumbar arthritis, and lumbar degenerative disc disease (DDD), based on the lack of evidence showing chronic in-service symptoms or continuous post-service symptoms.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for increased ratings due to new evidence of worsening symptoms since his last VA examinations.
- Granted
The Veteran's lumbar arthritis is rated at 10 percent, but the Board has granted a rating of 20 percent effective from the date of the decision.
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