The veteran's claims for service connection for a right knee disability, a bilateral hip disability, and a low back disability were reopened based on new and material evidence. However, the Board found that these disabilities are not secondary to his service-connected ankle disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the last final decision relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, but the veteran's right knee, bilateral hip, and low back disabilities were not found to be related to his service-connected ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Disability, Bilateral Hip Disability, Low Back Disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0904040
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.
What you can do next
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