vim loses backspace keymapping after SSH

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

After establishing an SSH connection from one RHEL server to another RHEL server, the Backspace key is not working correctly in vim.

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7
Third-party SSH client

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