The Board denied service connection for a lumbar spine disability and a psychiatric disorder as secondary to the lumbar spine disability, finding no evidence of an in-service injury or disease that caused or aggravated the current conditions.

The deciding factor: The VA examiners found no nexus between the Veteran's current disabilities and his military service due to the lack of chronic back pain complaints post-service until 2015 and the passage of time since the alleged incidents.

Claimed conditions

Degenerative arthritis of the lumbar spine with spinal stenosis, spondylolisthesis, and residuals of vertebral fracture

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

February 21, 2025

Citation

A25015756

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