The Veteran's appeal was timely filed, and the issues of entitlement to service connection for his claimed conditions remain in appellate status.
The deciding factor: A timely substantive appeal was received within the required timeframe after the RO sent a statement of the case.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral foot condition, right wrist condition, left knee condition, left hip condition, right knee condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 1, 2014
- Citation
- 1414068
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What this means for you
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