The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for Paget's disease, which was previously denied in December 1996. The evidence presented includes statements from the veteran and VA clinical records.
The deciding factor: The new evidence provided by the veteran, including his testimony before the Board, is sufficient to show that his Paget's disease may have been present during active service or is otherwise related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Paget's disease
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 29, 2004
- Citation
- 0417375
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Decisions by this judge: 2,548 · Granted: 31% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for Paget's disease, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right thumb injury, Paget's disease, hypertension, erectile dysfunction (secondary to hypertension), and kidney disease (secondary to hypertension) as there was no evidence that any of these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and Paget's disease.
- Denied
The claims for service connection for various knee and shin splints conditions, as well as prostate disorder and Paget's disease, have been denied due to lack of new relevant evidence.
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