The Board granted service connection for a low back condition, to include degenerative disk disease, based on the Veteran's competent and credible lay evidence of onset during service and continuity of symptoms since service.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence showed that the Veteran's lower back pain began in and has continued since service, supporting a direct link between his current disability and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- low back condition, to include degenerative disk disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 4, 2021
- Citation
- 21061467
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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Granted
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