Denied
The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability, right leg disability (including radiculopathy), and left leg disability (including radiculopathy) as the evidence did not support that these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by active military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the standard of clear and unmistakable evidence to rebut the presumption of soundness at entry, and there was no evidence supporting an in-service incurrence or aggravation of a disease or injury related to the Veteran's current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, right leg disability (including radiculopathy), left leg disability (including radiculopathy)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 13, 2025
- Citation
- 25013920
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