Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection of spina bifida occulta with recurrent low back strain, and remanded it for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- spina bifida occulta with recurrent low back strain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2020
- Citation
- 20001616
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.
What you can do next
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