Denied
The Board denied readjudication of the previously denied claim for service connection for degenerative disc disease (DDD), lumbar spine due to a lack of new and relevant evidence.
The deciding factor: No medical nexus opinion was presented or secured within an applicable evidentiary window since the May 2008 rating decision.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative disc disease (DDD), lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2025
- Citation
- A25111365
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