The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim for service connection for a right hip condition, secondary to his non-service-connected left leg disability. The claims for service connection for a left leg disability and skin condition of hands are remanded due to the need for additional development.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the February 2005 rating decision relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for entitlement to service connection for right hip condition, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim. The Veteran's statements regarding continuity of symptoms during and since service are considered.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Condition, Left Leg Disability, Skin Condition of Hands
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 11, 2017
- Citation
- 1757208
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