The Board denied entitlement to service connection for arthritis of the dorsal spine, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted. The veteran appealed this decision.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for arthritis of the dorsal spine.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the dorsal spine, Degenerative disc disease in the lower cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0400524
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