The Board granted service connection for myofascial syndrome of the lumbar spine with a 10% evaluation effective from June 30, 1997. The veteran appealed this decision seeking an earlier effective date.
The deciding factor: The RO assigned the effective date based on the date of receipt of the claim (June 30, 1997).
- Claimed conditions
- Myofascial syndrome of the lumbar spine, Herniated nucleus pulposus at T4-5
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0403614
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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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