The Board has remanded the case for additional development, including a statement of the case regarding service connection for lumbar disc herniation and degenerative disease. The increased evaluation claim will be considered after this issue is resolved.
The deciding factor: The appeal involves reopening on new evidence, which affects both the current claim and the service connection claim.
- Claimed conditions
- low back sprain, lumbar disc herniation and degenerative disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0212022
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What this means for you
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