The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for meralgia paresthetica of the left thigh is reopened and granted. His degenerative joint disease of the thoracolumbar spine remains at a 10 percent rating.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the appellant, including an internal medicine physician's statement linking the veteran's current condition to his service, raised a reasonable possibility of changing the outcome of the previous denial.
- Claimed conditions
- meralgia paresthetica of the left thigh, degenerative joint disease of the thoracolumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- February 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0605632
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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