The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic right knee disorder, which was previously denied in August 1995. The case is now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence sufficient to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for a chronic right knee disorder has been presented.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2006
- Citation
- 0631260
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