The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability has been reopened. The Board finds new and material evidence to support the reopening of his claim, but further examination is needed to determine if his current right knee condition is related to his service-connected left knee disabilities.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran provides sufficient information to reopen his previously denied claim for service connection, however, a more comprehensive evaluation is required to establish whether his current right knee disability is proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected left knee conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Degenerative Joint Disease, Left Knee Arthritis, Residuals of a Torn Left Knee Ligament
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 11, 2015
- Citation
- 1534249
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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