The Board has denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for arthritis of the spine, finding that there is not an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence to support the claim.
The deciding factor: The medical records do not establish an in-service incurrence or aggravation of a back disability, and the current lumbar spine arthritis was not noted in service or diagnosed within one year after separation. The Board found that there is no credible evidence of lumbar spine symptoms having onset in service with continuity of symptomatology thereafter.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2024
- Citation
- A24036151
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal was dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for arthritis of the spine, resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded all service connection claims for accrued benefits purposes due to a failure to obtain relevant medical records and associate them with the claims file.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided that new evidence submitted by the Veteran may affect his claim for service connection for a recurrent lumbar spine disability, including arthritis. The case is being remanded to allow for further examination and consideration of the evidence.
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