Granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that it is as likely as not attributable to a period of annual training.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on the Veteran's reported injury during annual training and the lack of evidence contradicting this claim in his service treatment records.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain (also claimed as lower back strain)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095103
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