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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