The Veteran's claims have been granted in part. He was awarded a 20 percent disability rating for his service-connected postoperative bilateral heel spurs with plantar fasciitis, and the extension of a temporary total rating based on convalescence following surgery is also granted. The increased ratings for his left knee disability are also granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the March 2008 RO decision raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection for right knee/leg and left shoulder/arm disabilities, and provided new and material evidence to reopen these claims. The Veteran's symptoms were found to most nearly approximate subjective complaints of pain with overall moderately severe impairment.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee/leg disability, Left shoulder/arm disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- April 28, 2017
- Citation
- 1714113
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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.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board denied an initial compensable disability rating for the service-connected bilateral hearing loss and remanded several claims for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case for further development and adjudicative action regarding service connection claims for various disabilities, including low back, right foot, left foot, right knee/leg, and left knee/leg disabilities. The Veteran contends these disabilities are related to an in-service parachute accident during airborne training.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that a remand is necessary to obtain an addendum opinion regarding the etiology of any current right knee/leg disability, as well as to verify the Veteran's duty status during his active duty service. The Veteran contends that his in-service activities caused or aggravated his right knee/leg disability.
- Granted
The Veteran's right knee/leg disability is found to be related to his service, and he is granted service connection for this condition.
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