The Board has determined that an effective date of November 19, 2012, but no earlier, for the grant of service connection for degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine is warranted. The Veteran's claim was reopened on new evidence and granted effective from his separation from service.
The deciding factor: The Veteran filed a claim within one year of separation from service and received additional relevant service treatment records after the initial denial, which led to the reopening of the claim and granting of service connection with an effective date based on when the claim was originally filed.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis of the thoracolumbar spine, Arthritis and costochondritis, Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 9, 2023
- Citation
- 23060408
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What this means for you
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