The Board has determined that the Veteran's low back disability is related to his active service, and granted service connection for this condition.,Additionally, the Board found sufficient evidence linking the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder to his service-connected low back disability, granting secondary service connection for this condition.
The deciding factor: The private physician provided a nexus opinion connecting the Veteran's current low back disability to an in-service parachute accident. The VA examiner acknowledged this and granted service connection based on this evidence.,The Board also found sufficient medical evidence linking the acquired psychiatric disorder to the service-connected low back disability, granting secondary service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Acquired psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- February 7, 2012
- Citation
- 1204659
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and an increased rating for his acquired psychiatric disorder. The Board found that there was no evidence linking the current disabilities to military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected low back disability alone does not prevent him from securing and following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for a determination on whether injuries sustained in a November 2001 incident were in the line of duty. The claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder is also remanded due to its interdependence with the line of duty issue.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a duty to assist error in failing to obtain private treatment records from the Veteran's treating clinician.
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