The Board has reopened the claims of service connection for lumbar degenerative disk disease and depression due to new and material evidence. The claim is granted as there is current disability, in-service incurrence, and a nexus between the disabilities.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received that relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claims of service connection for lumbar degenerative disk disease and depression.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar degenerative disk disease (DDD), depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159980
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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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