The Board granted the requests to reopen claims for service connection for back pain and cold injury residuals of the extremities, but denied service connection for back pain. The issue of entitlement to service connection for cold injury residuals of the extremities was remanded.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the October 2011 rating decision is new and material, supporting the claims for back pain and cold injury residuals of the extremities, but there is no persuasive evidence linking these conditions directly to service or establishing a continuity of symptoms post-service.
- Claimed conditions
- back pain, cold injury residuals of the extremities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 7, 2024
- Citation
- 24032737
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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