The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's lumbar spine disability, right hip limitation of adduction, and left hip limitation of adduction effective June 12, 2018. The effective date is set at February 9, 2018.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received within one-year of the August 2018 rating decision, allowing for an earlier effective date based on the original claim filed in February 2018.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease with lumbosacral strain and spondylolisthesis (lumbar spine disability), Right hip limitation of adduction, Left hip limitation of adduction
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2020
- Citation
- A20015860
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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