The Board denied service connection for lumbosacral degenerative disease, finding that the Veteran's current condition is not related to his in-service slip-and-fall injury and that there was no evidence of a continuity of symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that the current degenerative disease could have resulted from the passage of time alone without any injury, and the Veteran engaged in employment requiring heavy lifting which suggested other etiologies for his disability.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral degenerative disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 12, 2019
- Citation
- 19170374
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for an increased rating for his service-connected lumbosacral degenerative disease is remanded due to the need for a VA examination to assess its current severity.
- Denied
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