The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine condition effective January 17, 1992. This was based on new evidence received after the December 1963 denial.
The deciding factor: Service connection was reopened and established due to new medical evidence received in 1991-1992.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- February 26, 2003
- Citation
- 0303335
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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.
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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