The Board has granted the veteran's application to reopen his previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a low back disability. The issues of an increased rating for a hip disability, an increased rating for sinusitis, and whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen claims of entitlement to service connection for left knee disability are addressed in the remand appended to this decision.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for a low back disability, allowing the veteran's application to be reconsidered.
- Claimed conditions
- acetabular degenerative joint disease, sinusitis, low back disability (claimed as bony and disc disease of the back), left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 3, 2004
- Citation
- 0424485
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found a pre-decisional duty to assist error and has ordered the case back to the AOJ for proper notice regarding the Veteran's right to a hearing.
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