The Veteran's claims for service connection for left hip disability and left leg peripheral vascular disease were granted, effective November 15, 2006. The effective dates are the earliest date on which it is factually ascertainable that a claim for benefits under laws administered by VA was received.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were reopened due to new and material evidence being submitted after the April 1996 Board decision denying service connection, and then granted based on the effective date of November 15, 2006 as it is the earliest date on which it is factually ascertainable that a claim for benefits was received.
- Claimed conditions
- Left Hip Disability, Left Leg Peripheral Vascular Disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- August 22, 2013
- Citation
- 1326914
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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.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for the claimed conditions as there is no persuasive evidence of current diagnoses or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for both a right hip disability and a left hip disability, finding that the Veteran's observable symptoms of pain and stiffness began during his active service and have persisted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's generalized anxiety disorder is granted a 70% rating. The left hip disability claim is remanded due to insufficient medical opinion regarding causation and aggravation.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left hip disabilities due to a failure to obtain a medical opinion addressing whether his current hip conditions are related to documented in-service injuries.
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