The Veteran's claim for service connection of a back and neck disability was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The claim is granted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted that raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a back and neck disability.
- Claimed conditions
- back and neck disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18100010
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a back and neck disability, as well as an eye disability. The Board found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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