The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented sufficient to reopen the claim of service connection for the residuals of a back injury, and by extending the benefit of the doubt to the veteran, it is now granted as his pre-existing back disability was aggravated during service.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided in December 2000 and September 2001 indicate that the veteran's pre-existing back condition was at least as likely as not aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a back injury
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 27, 2004
- Citation
- 0410985
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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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