The veteran's appeal was granted, and he is now entitled to service connection for his claimed conditions. However, the specific rating assigned and effective date are not provided in this decision.
The deciding factor: The RO determined that the veteran had submitted new and material evidence to reopen his claim for PTSD, which led to a grant of service connection for PTSD.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis, Mild disc bulging of the cervical spine with left radiculopathy, Degenerative disc disease at several levels of the lumbosacral spine with posterior disc bulging and anterior spurring, Residuals of right shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2000
- Citation
- 0017053
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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.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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