The Veteran's application to reopen the claims for service connection for lower back condition and psychosis (claimed as mental condition) was granted. The remaining issues of service connection were either denied or dismissed.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since previous decisions supported reopening the claims, but no new evidence related to the other issues.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"lower back condition","claimed_condition_names":["lower back condition"]}, {"condition_name":"psychosis (claimed as mental condition)","claimed_condition_names":["psychosis","mental condition"]}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19166693
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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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