The Board has found that new and material evidence has been submitted sufficient to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a back disorder, which was previously denied in 1967. The case is now reopened.
The deciding factor: The medical opinion provided by Dr. M.J.H., an orthopedist who examined the veteran, indicated that his spondylolisthesis at L5-S1 likely preexisted service and may have been aggravated by military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Back Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2001
- Citation
- 0118022
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