The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for a disability of the right and left knees based on new evidence submitted since the previous denial.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence from private physicians supports the veteran's claim that his knee disorders are related to service, including prior injuries and surgeries performed during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right and left knee disorders
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0112353
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to issues related to a total rating based on individual unemployability for the period prior to April 1, 2013. The AOJ is required to complete necessary development and refer the case to the Director of Compensation Service for consideration of a TDIU on an extraschedular basis.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed conditions did not develop during service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease. The preponderance of evidence is against finding any current disability as being incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's claimed right and left knee, hip, low back, and neck disorders are not service-connected as they were not caused or aggravated by his service-connected bilateral foot disabilities.
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