The Board is remanding the case due to a change in law brought about by the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000, requiring additional notification and development action.
The deciding factor: Due to changes in the law brought about by the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000, the RO must ensure that all notification and development actions required by VCAA are completed.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 24, 2001
- Citation
- 0123198
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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