The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection of a low back disability and finds that new evidence supports this reopening. The Board also finds that the Veteran's current low back disability is related to his active military service.
The deciding factor: A VA examiner concluded that the Veteran's chronic low back pain could be due to an in-service accident, which established a causal relationship between the Veteran's current condition and his service.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain with degenerative changes
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 23, 2011
- Citation
- 1123872
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for additional development due to inconsistencies in the Veteran's reports of retirement and the need for a new extraschedular opinion.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for consideration of an extraschedular rating for low back pain with degenerative changes, as there are symptoms not addressed in the current rating criteria.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded for additional development to obtain private medical records and a VA examination. The issues of service connection, evaluation, and TDIU are inextricably intertwined.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claim for increased evaluations for his service-connected low back pain with degenerative changes is being remanded due to the need for further development, including a VA examination and obtaining additional medical records.
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