The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an effective date earlier than October 6, 2003 for service connection for low back strain with pain and assignment of a 10 percent disability rating. The appeal is based on secondary service connection.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim but denied service connection for the condition as secondary to his service-connected bilateral ankle disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain with pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- November 30, 2009
- Citation
- 0945355
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for additional development due to insufficient evidence of a nexus between his current disabilities and service. The claims will be reconsidered after the necessary examinations are completed.
- Granted
The Board has granted an initial 20 percent rating for the veteran's low back strain with pain, effective from the date of his claim. The tinea pedis remains rated as noncompensable.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's headaches are at least as likely as not caused by his service-connected traumatic brain injury, and thus grants service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hypertension and peripheral neuropathy of the bilateral upper and lower extremities due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
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