The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a back disability, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disease in service and insufficient continuity of symptomatology to establish a current disability. The Board also found that her current diagnoses were not related to her military service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by VA examiners did not find a causal relationship between the Veteran's current back disabilities and her military service, including her service-connected knee disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability (previously claimed as arthritis of the spine), cervicalgia, muscle spasms of the back
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2023
- Citation
- 23008077
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