Denied
The Board denied service connection for lumbar spine degenerative disc disease, finding no evidence linking the condition to the Veteran's service or any incident therein.
The deciding factor: The March 2025 VA examiner opined that the Veteran's current lumbar spine degenerative disc disease was less likely than not related to his in-service back pain due to pyelonephritis, and more likely attributable to natural aging processes.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2025
- Citation
- 25013731
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