The Board denied service connection for a low back disability, to include status post lumbar fusion surgery, degenerative disc disease, IVDS, and spinal stenosis, as the evidence did not support that these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service event, injury, or disease.

The deciding factor: The evidence of record persuasively weighs against finding that the Veteran's low back disability began during active service or within the first post-service year, or that it was otherwise related to an in-service event, injury, or disease.

Claimed conditions

status post lumbar fusion surgery, degenerative disc disease, invertebral disc syndrome (IVDS), spinal stenosis

How they argued it

Direct service connection

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

None in this decision

Decision date

October 1, 2025

Citation

A25084440

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