The request to reopen the finally disallowed claim of entitlement to service connection for low back pain was denied.,The request to reopen the finally disallowed claim of entitlement to service connection for scars on left shoulder was denied. The request to reopen the finally disallowed claim of entitlement to service connection for scars on left upper chest was granted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has not been received to support a current diagnosis of low back pain.,New and material evidence has not been received to relate a current diagnosis of scars on the left shoulder to an in-service event or injury. However, new and material evidence was received to relate a current diagnosis of scars on the left upper chest to an in-service event.
- Claimed conditions
- low back pain, scars on left shoulder, scars on left upper chest
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18152584
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
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