The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a shrapnel wound to the left hip due to new and material evidence presented since the October 1987 RO decision. The claim is granted as the veteran engaged in combat, his lay testimony supports an in-service injury, and there is no rebuttal evidence against the presumption of service incurrence.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the newly submitted evidence, including a December 1996 affidavit from a lay witness supporting the veteran's claim, was sufficient to reopen the previously denied claim based on new and material evidence. The claim is granted as there is no rebuttal evidence against the presumption of service incurrence.
- Claimed conditions
- shrapnel wound to the left hip
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0002446
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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.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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