The Board has determined that the effective date for service connection of lumbar spondylolisthesis L4-5 with herniated disc L5-S1 (low back disability) should be December 19, 1997.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's application to reopen a claim of service connection for low back disability was received on December 19, 1997. The Board considered the evidence and determined that new and material evidence had been submitted since the June 1959 rating decision denying service connection, thus reopening the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spondylolisthesis L4-5 with herniated disc L5-S1 (low back disability)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2011
- Citation
- 1104377
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