The Board has granted the Veteran's claim of service connection for lumbar spine condition, finding that there is new and material evidence to reopen the claim. The Board also found that the current lumbar spine condition is related to a service-connected cold weather injury to both feet, which aggravated the Veteran's pre-existing lumbar spine condition.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current lumbar spine condition was aggravated by his service-connected cold weather injuries to both feet, and thus established service connection through aggravation of a pre-existing condition.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar spine condition
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 12, 2022
- Citation
- 22028204
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted the Veteran's claims for service connection for a left shoulder condition and a lumbar spine condition, finding that these conditions first manifested in service and are related to his military service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for left shoulder condition, left knee condition, lumbar spine condition (as secondary to left knee condition), right knee condition (as secondary to left knee condition), posttraumatic stress disorder, and obstructive sleep apnea (secondary to service-connected disabilities with obesity as an intermediary step).,The Board found the evidence persuasive in favor of granting service connection for these conditions.
- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the appeals for service connection of tinnitus, anxiety disorder, left hamstring tear, bilateral hearing loss, left knee condition, and lumbar spine condition due to improper concurrent election.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the cases of acute intermittent tension headaches and lumbar spine condition for further action due to errors in notice.
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