The Board denied service connection for lumbarization, finding that it is a congenital defect and not subject to service connection.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's lumbarization was found to be a congenital defect, which precludes service connection. The Board also found the Veteran's lay reports of in-service injuries implausible and did not find any evidence of a superimposed disability during service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbarization
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 6, 2023
- Citation
- 23000836
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