The Board denied the veteran's claims for an increased disability rating and service connection for a psychiatric disorder, finding that there was no factual basis to grant earlier effective dates.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show that the increase in low back disability had occurred prior to February 5, 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- postoperative residuals of lumbar laminectomy at L5/S1, acquired psychiatric disorder (claimed as PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- May 4, 2006
- Citation
- 0613024
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Decisions by this judge: 1,555 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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