The Board has reopened the claim for service connection for residuals of a low back injury due to new and material evidence submitted since the last final denial. The appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence confirms the presence of a chronic low back disability, including degenerative disc disease at L4-5 and L5-S1, which was not previously considered in the prior decision.
- Claimed conditions
- low back injury, chronic low back pain syndrome, degenerative disc disease at L4-5 and L5-S1
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0115825
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a neck injury, left shoulder injury, and low back injury as the evidence did not support that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for low back injury, denied service connection for sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, and denied a higher disability rating for PTSD. The claim for service connection for pain of left shoulder was remanded.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for a bilateral knee injury and low back injury, and these issues are therefore dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a low back injury to the RO for initial consideration of new and relevant evidence.
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