The Board has granted the Veteran's appeal for an increased rating for hemorrhoids and found that a timely substantive appeal was submitted with respect to the April 2004 denial of service connection for a bilateral knee disorder. The issue of service connection for a bilateral knee disorder remains pending.
The deciding factor: The November 15, 2004 letter from the Veteran constituted a timely substantive appeal regarding the April 2004 rating decision denying service connection for a bilateral knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- hemorrhoids, bilateral knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1007138
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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