Granted
The Board granted service connection for a low back disability and right elbow lateral epicondylitis based on the Veteran's combat service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The record does not contain clear and convincing evidence that the Veteran did not acquire chronic low back and right elbow disabilities during active service, and the combat presumption of 1154 (b) pertaining to the in-service incurrence of the claimed disabilities is not rebutted.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease (DDD) with a lumbosacral strain and intervertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), Right elbow lateral epicondylitis
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2025
- Citation
- A25018640
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