The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral foot disability. The case is remanded for further development, including a VA examination.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for bilateral foot disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 14, 2006
- Citation
- 0624618
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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.
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