The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disability and a psychosis, finding that new and material evidence has been received. The claims are now considered on their merits.
The deciding factor: New medical opinions provided since the last final denial have linked current psychiatric diagnoses to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Low Back Disability (previously characterized as lumbosacral strain and a back condition), Psychosis (previously characterized as paranoid schizophrenia)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1423412
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