The Board has reopened the previously denied claim for service connection of a low back disorder and granted it, finding that new evidence received since the last final denial relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (the absence of which was the basis of the previous denial). The Veteran's current low back disability is found to be related to his in-service injury.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran had consistent reports of low back symptoms dating back to 1958, and he consistently traced these problems to an injury during service. A VA specialist concluded that it was at least as likely as not that the current low back disability was incurred or aggravated by his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2013
- Citation
- 1322196
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