The Board has granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability and remanded the issues of bilateral lower extremity nerve damage, left ankle disability, bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, and TBI residual tension headache.,New evidence received since the final July 1990 rating decision raised reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection for a lumbar spine disability and bilateral lower extremity nerve damage.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's diagnosed lumbar spine disability is related to his combat service in Vietnam, with symptoms present during service and since discharge.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine disability, bilateral lower extremity nerve damage
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2020
- Citation
- 20072415
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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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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