Denied
The Board denied service connection for mechanical low back disorder, a neck condition, and muscle spasms of the thoracolumbar spine as they are not secondary to any service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support that the Veteran's claimed disabilities were caused or aggravated by his service-connected conditions, including altered gait due to knee and ankle issues.
- Claimed conditions
- mechanical low back disorder, neck condition, to include cervalgia, muscle spasms of the thoracolumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2025
- Citation
- A25109766
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