The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a back injury and finds that new and material evidence has been received. The Veteran's minimal degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine is found to be related to his in-service injury during ACDUTRA.
The deciding factor: The Board granted service connection based on the Veteran's credible lay statements and medical opinion supporting a nexus between his current back condition and an in-service injury during active duty for training (ACDUTRA).
- Claimed conditions
- back injury, minimal degenerative disc disease (DDD) of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 26, 2014
- Citation
- 1428995
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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