The Board has granted the petitions to reopen claims for service connection for residuals of osteomyelitis of the left knee and residuals of osteoarthritis of the right hip. The remaining issues on appeal will be remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since March 1970 relates to aggravation of pre-existing conditions in service, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Osteomyelitis of the left knee, Osteoarthritis of the right hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 6, 2008
- Citation
- 0826350
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- Remanded (sent back)
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