The Board has reopened the claim for service connection due to new evidence showing a current low back disorder and an opinion linking it to service. The claim is now granted as direct service connection can be established.
The deciding factor: New evidence shows a current low back disorder with a link to service, meeting the criteria for direct service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0602439
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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