The Board is remanding the case to obtain additional medical records and ensure compliance with the Veterans Claims Assistance Act of 2000. The veteran's claim for service connection will be reconsidered, and a supplemental statement of the case (SSOC) will be provided.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that may support reopening the previously denied claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- musculoskeletal disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2003
- Citation
- 0329556
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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