The Board denied the veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a lumbar spine disorder and also denied his request for an increased evaluation for his psychiatric disorder. The evidence submitted since the November 1974 rating decision did not provide new and material evidence to support reopening of the service connection claim.
The deciding factor: The provided evidence was deemed insufficient to establish that the veteran's current lumbar spine disorder is etiologically related to service, as it did not bear directly and substantially on the question of its onset during service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disorder, psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 22, 2001
- Citation
- 0108396
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