The Board has granted service connection for residuals of a right tibia and fibula fracture with right lower leg pain and degenerative joint disease of the right knee, each with a 10 percent disability evaluation. The effective date is set at February 15, 2001.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted new and material evidence to reopen his claims for service connection, which was granted by the Board on February 15, 2001.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right tibia and fibula fracture, degenerative joint disease of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- January 7, 2004
- Citation
- 0400366
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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.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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