Granted
The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, resolving all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
The deciding factor: The evidence was approximately balanced or nearly equal as to whether the Veteran's lumbar spine disability is related to his active service, and the Board resolved all reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine multilevel mild-moderate disc degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25089693
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