The Veteran's claim for service connection of a lumbar spine disorder is granted. The issue of whether the Veteran has rheumatoid arthritis, and if any identified lumbar spine disorders were caused by in-service events or originated during service, will be remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- back pain, lumbar spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19165916
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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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