The Board has reopened the veteran's previously denied claims for service connection for a back disorder and a left shoulder disorder, finding that new and material evidence was submitted. The effective date of these determinations is not specified.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received in support of the veteran's claims for service connection for his back and left shoulder disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Back disorder, Left shoulder disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0120321
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