The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's back disability, finding that there is at least a balance of evidence to support the claim and resolving any doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's lay statements regarding continuity of symptoms since service were credible and sufficient to establish service connection without requiring contemporaneous medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- multilevel degenerative disc disease, chronic lower back pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 19, 2023
- Citation
- 23056909
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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
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has denied service connection for sinusitis and remanded the Veteran's claims for chronic lower back pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, neck pain, and GERD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claim for a lumbar spine disability should be remanded due to a duty to assist error.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's back disability, diagnosed as multilevel degenerative disc disease and facet arthropathy, finding that it is related to his in-service injury.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal of service connection for sinusitis is dismissed. The issue of service connection for chronic lower back pain is remanded.
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