The Board denied service connection for low back and neck disorders, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are not related to his in-service injury. The evidence did not support a link between the claimed incident and the current disabilities.
The deciding factor: The Board found no credible evidence linking the Veteran's current low back and neck disorders to an in-service fall, given the lack of contemporaneous medical records documenting such an event.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disorder, Neck disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19188120
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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