The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a back injury, right shoulder disability, residuals of a head injury (including blurred vision and an arachnoid cyst), and hip disability. The case is now remanded for further VA examinations.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted in support of the veteran's claims of service connection for various disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a back injury, right shoulder disability, residuals of a head injury (including blurred vision and an arachnoid cyst), hip disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0615812
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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.
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