The Board has determined that the Veteran's fracture of the thoracic spine had its onset during his active service and is therefore granted service connection.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided an opinion linking the current back condition to the Veteran's in-service trauma, consistent with the circumstances, conditions, or hardships of his combat service.
- Claimed conditions
- fracture of the thoracic spine
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2014
- Citation
- 1434945
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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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