The Board granted service connection for a lumbosacral strain disability, finding that the condition is related to the appellant's active duty military service.
The deciding factor: The VA clinician determined that the currently diagnosed lumbosacral strain is the result of the appellant's active duty service based on his reported symptoms and medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- March 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25026036
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 785 · Granted: 27% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain, left shoulder, right shoulder, right knee, and left knee disabilities.
- Partly granted
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