The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the claims for lumbar osteoarthritis and status post right herniorrhaphy, and service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence from a private physician associated the veteran's back pain with his military service, reopening the claim of lumbar osteoarthritis. The claim for status post right herniorrhaphy was not reopened as there was no new evidence presented.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar osteoarthritis, status post right herniorrhaphy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2002
- Citation
- 0201799
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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
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