The Board finds that the veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is well-grounded. The veteran's residuals of compression fractures of L1 and L2 are rated at 50 percent, reflecting severe limitation of motion with demonstrable deformity.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted by the veteran was found to be new and material, reopening his claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired psychiatric disorder, Compression fractures of L1 and L2, Fracture of the right os calcis, Fracture of the left os calcis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- January 3, 2000
- Citation
- 0000023
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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