The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection of a chronic acquired low back disorder and determined that it was incurred in active service.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the appellant established that her current low back condition is related to an injury sustained during military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic acquired variously diagnosed low back disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0424511
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board determined that the veteran's chronic acquired low back disorder, diagnosed as variously, was incurred in service due to a traumatic injury sustained during active duty.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic acquired low back disorder, an initial rating in excess of 40 percent for cervical spine disability, and TDIU.
- Granted
The Board found that the veteran's chronic acquired low back disorder is service-connected, with spondylolisthesis at L5 being attributed to an injury sustained while carrying books down a flight of stairs during active duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic acquired variously diagnosed low back disorder is being remanded due to inadequate examination and incomplete development of the record.
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