The Board has determined that there is at least a 50% chance the Veteran's current degenerative disc disease of the lower back is related to his in-service low back pain and injury, thus granting service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The evidence shows continuity of symptoms from active service through present time, which weighs in favor of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease of the lower back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19172775
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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