The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for foot disabilities. The appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: New medical records provided since the last final denial suggest a current disability not previously considered, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- foot disabilities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0403603
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,582 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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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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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for left and right foot and ankle disabilities due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for foot disabilities and PTSD, to include adjustment disorder. The evidence does not reach equipoise as to whether these conditions had onset during or are etiologically related to the Veteran's active military service.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not prevent him from securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's ability to sit for extended periods of time and his foot disabilities' impact on sleep, as well as the need for updated medical records and evaluations.
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