Denied
The Board denied service connection for a back disability, heart disease, and colon cancer as the evidence did not establish that these conditions were related to the Veteran's active military service.
The deciding factor: The evidence of record failed to show a nexus between the claimed disabilities and the Veteran's in-service duties or any herbicide exposure. The Board found no continuity of symptoms and the medical opinions provided did not support a connection between the current conditions and the Veteran's time in service.
- Claimed conditions
- back disability, to include lumbosacral strain, heart disease, colon cancer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2025
- Citation
- 25014501
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