The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a lumbosacral injury with residual L5-S1 nerve root compression and granted service connection for this condition.,The Veteran's low back disability is found to be related to his in-service fall, and he is now entitled to service connection.
The deciding factor: The medical opinions provided by the private physician S.A.LaT, M.D. established a clear link between the Veteran's in-service injury and his current low back condition.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral injury with residual L5-S1 nerve root compression, neck condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2016
- Citation
- 1605912
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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.
What you can do next
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The Board denied readjudication of the previously denied claims for service connection for migraines and a neck condition because new evidence submitted after the November 2018 rating decision was not relevant to proving or disproving the Veteran's claim.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a neck condition and a low back condition, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are related to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for neck and back conditions due to insufficient medical opinions regarding their etiology.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that a remand is necessary to correct a pre-decisional duty to assist error prior to the October 2023 rating decision on appeal, and will readjudicate the claim after providing notice.
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