The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for a chronic acquired disorder of the right knee and variously diagnosed skin disorders claimed as rash. The veteran's claims are granted.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted since the February 1996 rating decision, which denied entitlement to service connection for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic acquired disorder of the right knee, variously diagnosed skin disorders claimed as rash
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2004
- Citation
- 0405262
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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.
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