The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for left leg disability, including residuals of a fractured tibia and fibula and osteomyelitis. The case is now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New medical opinions are required to address the etiology of the current left leg disability status.
- Claimed conditions
- osteomyelitis of the left leg, residuals of a fractured left tibia and fibula
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0400815
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- Granted
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- Granted
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