The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a low back injury due to new and material evidence submitted since the January 1996 denial. The current record is insufficient to enter a decision on the underlying merits, so additional development is being undertaken.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that supports the proposition that the appellant currently has a low back disability as claimed, shows that he received an injury to his back during service in June 1981, and suggests that it is possible that the injury during service is part of the etiology of the current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- low back injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0307793
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a neck injury, left shoulder injury, and low back injury as the evidence did not support that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Partly granted
The Board dismissed the appeal for service connection for low back injury, denied service connection for sinusitis and allergic rhinitis, and denied a higher disability rating for PTSD. The claim for service connection for pain of left shoulder was remanded.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for service connection for a bilateral knee injury and low back injury, and these issues are therefore dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for a low back injury to the RO for initial consideration of new and relevant evidence.
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