The Board has granted the veteran's claim of service connection for residuals of a compression fracture of the thoracic spine at the T9 vertebra and assigned a 10 percent rating, effective from February 21, 1997. The decision also addressed whether the September 6, 1973 RO decision denying service connection was clearly and unmistakably erroneous.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim of service connection for residuals of a back injury was reopened on new evidence submitted after the original denial in 1973, leading to the current grant of service connection with a 10 percent rating effective from February 21, 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- compression fracture of the thoracic spine at the T9 vertebra
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- May 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0014224
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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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