The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic low back disability, finding that the additional evidence submitted was not new and material.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic low back disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0638453
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's low back disability was rated at 10 percent prior to January 26, 2016 and granted a 20 percent rating effective from that date. The appeal is denied for higher ratings.
- Granted
The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for chronic low back disability and ventral hernia, postoperative. The claims are remanded to allow for further development.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the VA examination provided in November 2014 was inadequate for addressing whether the Veteran's chronic low back disability is secondary to his service-connected cervical spine disability. The case is being remanded to obtain a new opinion from an appropriate examiner.
- Denied
The Board found that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a chronic low back disability.
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