The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for osteomyelitis of the right leg based on new and material evidence submitted since the last final decision. However, it is not sufficient to warrant a grant of service connection.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence does not provide a clear etiology for the veteran's current disability but suggests that he may have incurred osteomyelitis in service.
- Claimed conditions
- osteomyelitis of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2000
- Citation
- 0030578
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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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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The veteran's claim for an increased evaluation of his residuals of a fractured right tibia and fibula was granted, but the disability is currently rated at 20 percent.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's osteomyelitis of the right leg had its onset during service, and therefore grants service connection for this condition.
- Denied
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for osteomyelitis of the right leg.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case to the RO for further proceedings, including arranging for a medical examination and obtaining clarifying opinions on the veteran's service-connected disabilities and their impact on his ability to work.
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