The Board has reopened the veteran's claims for service connection for various lower extremity and hand disorders, finding that new and material evidence has been submitted. The back disorder is found to have been incurred in service.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence supports a current diagnosis of multiple levels of disc degeneration with varying degrees of neural foraminal stenosis along with mild canal stenosis at L4-5 and L2-3, which the veteran contends was caused by an inservice injury. The Board also finds that additional development is needed to determine the nature and etiology of the veteran's current bilateral foot, leg, knee, hip, hand, and right arm disorders.
- Claimed conditions
- Back Disorder, Bilateral Foot Injuries, Bilateral Leg Injuries, Bilateral Knee Injuries, Right Hip Injury, Bilateral Hand Disorder, Shell Fragment Wound, Right Arm
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2007
- Citation
- 0712810
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What this means for you
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- Granted
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- Granted
The Board has granted readjudication of the claims for service connection for a right hip injury and a right shoulder injury due to new and relevant evidence. The issues are now remanded for further review.
- Denied
The Board denied the claim of service connection for a back disorder as new and relevant evidence was not received, despite previous denials.
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