The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for lumbosacral strain, finding that there was no evidence linking the condition to his active-duty service.
The deciding factor: The probative evidence of record did not show a relationship between the Veteran's lumbosacral strain and his active-duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain (claimed as back pain)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2025
- Citation
- A25106121
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Decisions by this judge: 772 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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