The Board denied the Veteran's claim to reopen service connection for a residual back injury as new and material evidence was not submitted, and the evidence did not establish a link between his current condition and any event or injury in service.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of a nexus between the Veteran's current back condition and any incident of active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- residual back injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19101162
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