Denied
The Board denied an effective date prior to July 18, 2022, for the grant of service connection for lumbosacral strain.
The deciding factor: The added STRs were cumulative and not pertinent to the matter at issue in the case; therefore, the earlier effective date provisions under 38 C.F.R. § 3.156(c) do not apply.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 25, 2025
- Citation
- A25102203
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