The Board has granted the Veteran's appeal, finding that new and material evidence has been received to reopen his claim of service connection for a low back condition. The Board also found that the current low back disorder is related to an injury during service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the submitted evidence was sufficient to establish a plausible link between the Veteran's current low back disorder and his in-service injury, thereby reopening the claim and granting service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, degenerative disc disease lumbar spine, herniated disc lumbar spine, lumbar radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1717309
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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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