The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claim for a disability of the thoracolumbar spine with radiculopathy is granted as it was incurred in active service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided a detailed description of an injury sustained during his time at USMA, which led to current back conditions. His private physician linked his current disability to this injury and found that the preponderance of evidence supported the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Thoracolumbar Spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0944680
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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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