Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a back condition, finding that there was no evidence of a chronic disability in service or within the applicable presumptive period and no credible evidence of continuity of symptomatology.
The deciding factor: The June 2024 VA medical opinion found that the Veteran's current back conditions were not related to his active-duty service based on the lack of documented complaints until many years after service, and the absence of a chronic disability in service or within the applicable presumptive period.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain with spondylolisthesis, spondylosis, and scoliosis (claimed as back condition)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 14, 2025
- Citation
- A25099234
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