The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection due to new and material evidence submitted since the December 1994 decision. The issue is whether this condition is related to service.
The deciding factor: New evidence indicates a possible link between the veteran's paraplegia and his service, specifically the spinal tap procedure performed in June 1986.
- Claimed conditions
- T12 myelopathy with bowel and bladder paralysis due to intervertebral disc syndrome
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2004
- Citation
- 0432020
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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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development to determine if the Veteran's T12 myelopathy with bowel and bladder paralysis due to intervertebral disc syndrome is related to his service, including a lifting injury in 1988 and spinal tap and blood patch procedures in 1986.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's current disability, T12 myelopathy with bowel and bladder paralysis due to intervertebral disc syndrome, is not related to service. The preponderance of evidence does not support a finding that his disability was incurred or aggravated during active duty.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The appeal is granted as his PTSD is now considered service-connected.
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