The Board granted service connection for a lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome based on the Veteran's in-service back injury and current disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's symptoms were related to an injury during active duty, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with intervertebral disc syndrome
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- May 21, 2025
- Citation
- A25045762
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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a back condition to be addressed with a new, adequate medical opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a 20 percent rating from July 21, 2021, for the Veteran's spine disability and remanded the issue of entitlement to a rating in excess of 20 percent.
- Dismissed
The appeal is dismissed due to the Veteran's election of a higher-level review, which precludes concurrent Board review.
- Partly granted
The Board granted earlier effective dates for the award of service connection for right and left lower extremity radiculopathy, effective October 11, 2007, and increased the disability rating for lumbar spine disability to 40 percent, effective September 26, 2018.
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