The Board has determined that the appellant's lumbar strain warrants a 10 percent rating, but denied reopening of her claim for service connection due to headaches as new and material evidence was not presented. The decision is mixed since one issue was granted (lumbar strain) and another was not (headaches).
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted after the November 1995 denial supports a finding that the appellant's headache disability, presumed due to service, warrants reopening of her claim.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar strain, headache disability (presumed)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0102821
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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