The Board finds that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the appellant's claim for service connection for mechanical low back pain, but does not provide a definitive decision on entitlement.
The deciding factor: The letters from Dr. Ramer provide evidence of the impact of the appellant's claimed injury from May 1990, which raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the underlying claim for service connection for mechanical low back pain.
- Claimed conditions
- mechanical low back pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2008
- Citation
- 0812787
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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