The veteran's claim for service connection for spondylolisthesis and back injury has been granted.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established based on the merits of the veteran's claims without relying on any presumption, exposure to a specific agent or environment, or reopening due to new evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- spondylolisthesis, back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0414275
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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.
What you can do next
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