Denied
The appeal seeking revision of the January 2017 rating decision that denied service connection for lumbosacral strain is denied.
The deciding factor: The RO did not clearly and unmistakably err in finding that the Veteran's diagnosed lumbosacral strain was not related to service, as the evidence of record at the time of the January 2017 rating decision did not undebatably establish that there was no in-service low back disease, event, or injury.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2025
- Citation
- A25089317
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