The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a spine ailment, including arthritis. The issue is now on remand for further development and consideration.
The deciding factor: New evidence demonstrates current back pathology not previously shown in service records, suggesting it may be related to service or pre-existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- back pathology, degenerative joint and disc disease
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0031123
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for tinnitus and a low back disability, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to his in-service injuries.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the functional impact of the Veteran's service-connected disabilities on his ability to secure or follow a substantially gainful occupation from December 1, 2012 to February 3, 2014. The claim is now referred for extraschedular consideration.
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