The Board has granted service connection for lower lumbar strain, finding that the Veteran's current condition is a continuation of his back sprain from service and resolving all doubt in his favor.
The deciding factor: The Board found the evidence to be in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran’s current lower lumbar strain arose during service, thus granting service connection based on continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- lower lumbar strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 2, 2020
- Citation
- 20064414
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Decisions by this judge: 1,836 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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