The Veteran's claims for increased rating, service connection reopening, and other benefits were denied. The Board reopened the PTSD and back disability claims but did not address the merits of these reopenings or any other issues.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on prior final decisions that precluded further action on the reopened claims without new and material evidence being submitted.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2010
- Citation
- 1008368
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran was granted a total disability rating due to individual unemployability from December 2, 2019 to June 15, 2021 on an extraschedular basis.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for the Veteran's right knee injury, finding that his current condition is related to an in-service injury and resolving all doubt in favor of the Veteran.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to insufficient evidence of a current diagnosis and requires a new VA examination to determine the nature and etiology of the Veteran's right knee condition.
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