The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection of a low back disorder and an acquired psychiatric disorder (PTSD), but denied the remaining issues. The Veteran is being remanded for additional examinations to assess his current disability levels.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that relates to the issue of service connection for a low back disorder, which has been reopened. However, the other claims remain denied as they are not related to service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- patellofemoral syndrome of the right knee, residuals of a crush injury, status-post right toe reconstruction with degenerative joint disease and arthrosis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2017
- Citation
- 1734110
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran is granted an effective date of August 12, 2011 for his entitlement to Total Disability Rating Based on Individual Unemployability (TDIU) and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA). The decision is based on the Veteran's service-connected disabilities preventing him from securing or following substantially gainful employment since August 12, 2011.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has determined that the AOJ's decision to disenroll the Veteran from the PCAFC program was not supported by adequate and sufficient evidence, and thus remanded for further development and consideration.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding the Veteran's right knee disability, including arthritis and patellofemoral syndrome. The examiner is asked to provide an opinion on whether these conditions are related to service.
- Partly granted
The Board denied increased ratings for the Veteran's knee conditions, except for a 10% rating for left and right knee instability effective from October 1, 2008.
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