The Veteran's claim for service connection for a neck disability is granted, as new evidence supports reopening the claim. Service connection is also granted for back pain due to exposure in Southwest Asia. The rating and effective date are not specified.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of entitlement to service connection for a neck disability.
- Claimed conditions
- neck disability, back pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Gulf War
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19160920
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- Dismissed
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