The Veteran's low back disability and psychiatric disability have been granted service connection with effective dates of November 30, 2010.,Service connection for a psychiatric disability was also granted with an effective date of November 27, 2012.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that supported the Veteran's claims for service connection and the effective dates were set based on when this new evidence was received.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative joint disease of the lumbar spine (low back disability), Persistent depressive disorder (psychiatric disability)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 50%
- Decision date
- March 17, 2026
- Citation
- A26023939
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Veteran's low back disability is rated at 40 percent from September 27, 2016 to August 23, 2021. The issue of TDIU due to service-connected disabilities was granted and effective from September 27, 2016.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's application to reopen his previously denied claim of service connection for low back disability, finding that no new and material evidence was submitted.
- Denied
The veteran's claims for earlier effective dates and TDIU were denied as the evidence did not support an earlier date of entitlement to service connection.
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