The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a left elbow disability and has determined that new evidence supports this claim. The Board found that the current left elbow condition is related to service.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted showing a current diagnosis of post-traumatic arthritis of the left elbow, which links it to service.
- 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 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0109431
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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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- Denied
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