The Board has determined that new and material evidence sufficient to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for back injury residuals has been presented. The veteran's application to reopen his claim is granted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted by the veteran, which allowed the Board to consider the merits of his claim again.
- Claimed conditions
- back injury residuals
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2001
- Citation
- 0102110
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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.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's back injury residuals, finding that her current condition is more likely than not caused by a back injury she sustained during active duty in August 1997.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of right knee condition, left knee condition, and back injury residuals due to the Veteran's death.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has dismissed the appeals for eligibility to specially adapted housing and automobile or adaptive equipment due to the Veteran's death. The claims of increased ratings for right foot neuropathy, left foot neuropathy, and Dependents Educational Assistance (DEA) are remanded as new evidence is needed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the appeal was improperly docketed and is remanding the issues of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim for service connection for back injury residuals and service connection for a right foot disability to include fracture residuals.
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