The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a left elbow disability and found that new and material evidence has been submitted. The claim is now well-grounded, but further examination is needed to determine the etiology of the veteran's current left elbow diagnoses.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was presented which allowed the reopening of the veteran's claim, but additional medical evaluation is required to establish a clear connection between his service-connected injury and his current disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Left elbow disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0008146
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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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