The Board has granted service connection for degenerative disc disease at L5-S1 and back arthritis, finding that the Veteran's symptoms of back arthritis started during service and have been continuous since then. The decision is based on presumptive service connection due to chronic disease.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the evidence was at least in equipoise as to the onset of back arthritis symptoms during service and the existence of continuous symptoms since service separation, meeting the criteria for presumptive service connection under 38 U.S.C. § 1112 and 38 C.F.R. § 3.303(b).
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease at L5-S1, Back arthritis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2021
- Citation
- 21041160
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