The Board found that the January 1992 rating denial of service connection for chronic low back pain with radiculopathy did not involve CUE, and that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for low back disability.
The deciding factor: The veteran's allegation of error in the January 1992 rating decision was found to be without merit as it pertained to a characterization of medical evidence rather than an actual error in the decision-making process.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back pain with radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0108213
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