The Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral knee disability and skin disability have been granted. The claim to reopen service connection for residuals of a dental injury has also been granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that established the presence of current disabilities and linked them to active duty service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee degenerative joint disease, skin disability (chloracne)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2015
- Citation
- 1518742
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- Partly granted
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- Dismissed
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- Partly granted
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