The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for a low back disability and granted it as secondary to the Veteran's service-connected asthma. An effective date earlier than October 2, 2007, for the assignment of a rating of 60 percent for asthma is denied.
The deciding factor: The new evidence presented by the Veteran shows that his current low back disability is related to his service-connected asthma and steroid use for asthma exacerbations. The Board found this reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim sufficient to reopen the case.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 60%
- Decision date
- February 24, 2010
- Citation
- 1006791
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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