The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a middle back disorder, finding no evidence to support a link between his current condition and his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the Veteran's current middle back disorder to his military service or any incident therein.
- Claimed conditions
- middle back disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2022
- Citation
- 22051286
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