The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his claims for service connection for scars, residuals of an injury to the face and teeth, scars, residuals of a left knee shell fragment wound, and scar of the back of the head. The evidence received since the final denial suggests that the Veteran may have been treated during service for these disabilities.
The deciding factor: The new evidence submitted by the Veteran relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate his claims of service connection for these disabilities and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating them.
- Claimed conditions
- scars, residuals of an injury to the face and teeth, scars, residuals of a left knee shell fragment wound, scar of the back of the head
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 26, 2015
- Citation
- 1513046
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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
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