The Board has granted service connection for a low back disorder, finding that the current condition is related to service despite conflicting opinions. The decision resolves all reasonable doubt in favor of the claim.
The deciding factor: The additional medical opinion provided a rationale consistent with the evidence and found a relationship between the current low back disorder and service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine (low back) disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2022
- Citation
- 22065064
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has previously denied the claim for service connection for a low back disorder. The case is being remanded to obtain Social Security Administration records that may be relevant to the claim.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases due to incomplete records and the need for further development, including obtaining STRs and SPRs.
- Denied
The Board found no evidence of a chronic low back disorder in service or within one year after service, and concluded that the currently diagnosed lumbar spine degenerative disc disease is not causally connected to active service.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the appellant's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, right shoulder disorder, cervical spine (neck) disorder, headaches, and lumbar spine (low back) disorder have been withdrawn. The claim for a low back disorder was denied as there is no evidence of arthritis manifest to 10% within one year of separation from active duty.
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