The Board has found that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a neck disorder. The issue of whether there was clear and unmistakable error in the June 1983 rating decision denying service connection for a cervical spine disability is not before the Board at this time.
The deciding factor: The new and material evidence presented includes VA clinical records from after the final denial of service connection, which indicate ongoing treatment for neck pain since the veteran's inservice accident in 1968. The April 1983 VA examination opinion linking the current condition to the inservice injury is considered significant.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 10, 2001
- Citation
- 0113356
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