The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for low back strain was granted, with the effective date set at March 28, 2001.
The deciding factor: The Veteran filed a claim to reopen his service connection claim on March 28, 2004, which was within one year of previous rating decisions. The evidence submitted in support of this claim was considered new and material, leading to the reopening of the claim and assignment of an effective date.
- Claimed conditions
- low back strain (claimed as herniated nucleus pulposis)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1030305
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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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