The Board has found new and material evidence to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for right elbow disorder, bilateral wrist disorder, right arm injury, low back disorder, left elbow disorder, and neck disorder. The effective date of these decisions is not specified.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the Veteran's claims for service connection for right elbow disorder, bilateral wrist disorder, right arm injury, low back disorder, left elbow disorder, and neck disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- Right elbow disorder, Bilateral wrist disorder (claimed as nerve damage), Right arm injury, Low back disorder, Left elbow disorder, Neck disorder (claimed as nerve damage)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1048105
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for a low back disorder was reopened, and his claims for increased ratings of bilateral knee instability were granted. His hearing loss claim was denied.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a low back disorder. The claims for bilateral hearing loss, hypertension, bilateral knee disorder, and an acquired psychiatric disorder are remanded.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a low back disorder, finding that the evidence did not show an in-service onset or relationship to service.
- Granted
The Veteran's right elbow disorder is granted as secondary to his service-connected disorders, and PTSD is granted. Bilateral hearing loss remains denied.
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