Your claims for service connection have been granted, but the VA will need to verify your military service and obtain any missing records before making a final determination.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that is relevant to your claims, allowing for their readjudication.
- Claimed conditions
- Thoracolumbar spine disorder, Theracic mass (claimed as chest tumor), Respiratory disorder other than asthma and obstructive sleep apnea
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 3, 2024
- Citation
- A24079627
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and a cervical spine disorder as there was no evidence of a nexus between the current conditions and the Veteran's active duty service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded claims for service connection for cervical spine disorder, thoracolumbar spine disorder, right shoulder disorder, scars of the face, psychiatric disorder, and traumatic brain injury.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for a left knee disorder, right knee disorder, and thoracolumbar spine disorder.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with major depressive disorder (MDD), effective July 10, 2021.
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