Partly granted
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the veteran's back disability but remanded the case to reassess the rating.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the earliest effective date for service connection was November 20, 2018, and there was no clear and unmistakable error in the previous decisions.
- Claimed conditions
- thoracolumbar degenerative disc disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2025
- Citation
- A25003738
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