The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for a back disorder and denied his claims for radiculopathy of the left and right lower extremities. The Board found new and material evidence to reopen the claim, but did not find a causal relationship between the Veteran's current conditions and his active duty service.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for a back disorder, but failed to establish a nexus between the Veteran's current condition and his active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- degenerative arthritis with spinal stenosis, rheumatoid arthritis (implied by the term 'degenerative arthritis')
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19110488
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to the need for additional development, including obtaining SSA records and providing proper notice regarding secondary service connection.
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