The Board has granted service connection for a low back disability, but denied service connection for a chest condition. The low back disability is related to service and the Veteran's in-service injury while playing softball. The chest condition was not incurred or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no evidence of a muscle injury during service and noted that the Veteran’s symptoms were more likely due to costochondritis, which is unrelated to service.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability, chest condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- October 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19181157
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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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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