Service connection for urticaria has been reopened and granted.,Service connection for a right knee disorder has been reopened and granted as secondary to the service-connected left knee disorder.,Service connection for thyroiditis has not been reopened.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received that supports reopening of the urticaria claim.,The right knee disorder is considered proximately due to the service-connected left knee disorder, warranting its reopening and grant of service connection.,No new and material evidence has been received to reopen the thyroiditis claim.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"urticaria","status":"reopened"}, {"condition_name":"right knee disorder","status":"reopened"}, {"condition_name":"thyroiditis","status":"not reopened"}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2006
- Citation
- 0636537
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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