The Board has granted the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for a right foot injury, finding that new and material evidence has been submitted. The case is now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was presented which raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for a right foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right foot disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0624279
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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