The Board has determined that the effective date for the grant of service connection for lumbosacral sprain should be July 18, 1979, which is the day following his separation from active duty.
The deciding factor: The Veteran had continuous back problems since discharge and submitted a claim within one year of discharge. The effective date was based on the date entitlement arose for his back disorder, which was the day following separation from service.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral sprain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1030732
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The appeal of the proposed reduction in the Veteran's rating for a lumbosacral sprain is dismissed as it was not a final adjudicative decision.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for lumbosacral sprain, while remanding the claims for left hip strain, right hip strain, left knee instability, right knee instability, and tachycardia.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board denied the appeal for an earlier effective date for award of service connection for lumbar spine disability, which was affirmed by a Court Order. The case is remanded to address a CUE claim in the June 1981 rating decision.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the claim for service connection of a low back disability because additional development is needed, including an adequate etiology opinion.
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