The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for postoperative residuals of a lumbar laminectomy, claimed as due to injury during INACDUTRA on June 12, 1980. The evidence submitted by the veteran is found to be both new and material, allowing the claim to proceed to its merits. The Board also finds that the claim is well grounded based on credible lay and medical evidence showing continuity of symptoms since the injury in 1980 and a nexus between the current disability and the service-connected injury.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted new and material evidence, including medical records from his treatment for back pain shortly after the alleged injury. The Board found that this evidence was sufficient to reopen the claim and also determined that it was well grounded based on credible lay and medical evidence showing continuity of symptoms since the injury in 1980 and a nexus between the current disability and the service-connected injury.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of a lumbar laminectomy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0010231
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