The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection of a spine disability. The claim is now reopened, but further development is needed before the merits can be decided.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was found in the form of medical opinions linking the veteran's current back condition to his service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- spine disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 21, 2003
- Citation
- 0316871
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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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