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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Decisions by this judge: 999 · Granted: 31% (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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case for additional development, including scheduling a Travel Board hearing.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a chronic acquired disorder of the right knee, finding that there was no evidence linking his current condition to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims of service connection for a chronic acquired disorder of the right knee and an initial compensable evaluation for mechanical low back pain, finding no evidence to support these claims.
- Partly granted
The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic acquired disorder of the right knee. The veteran's claims regarding a back disorder with arthritis as secondary to a right knee disorder are remanded.
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