Partly granted
The claim for service connection for lumbar facet arthropathy can be readjudicated due to new evidence, but the claim for degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome, lumbar facet arthropathy, and low back pain is denied.
The deciding factor: The decision hinges on whether new and relevant evidence has been received to support the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbar facet arthropathy, degenerative disc disease with intervertebral disc syndrome, low back pain (lumbar disability)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 13, 2025
- Citation
- A25002942
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