The Board has denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for a low back disability, finding that no new and material evidence was presented since the last denial in November 2001.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to support the reopening of the claim of service connection for a low back disability.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disability (lumbosacral strain)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0708421
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