The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for low back pain, as the evidence was largely cumulative or irrelevant.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the 1987 rating decision did not provide significant new information regarding the veteran's in-service injury or a relationship between his current symptoms and any disease or injury in service.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0012359
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What this means for you
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