The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection of lumbar spine, right knee, and left knee disabilities. The evidence received since the April 2005 denial relates to these conditions and provides a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
The deciding factor: New evidence related to the unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the Veteran's claims for service connection has been submitted.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative disc disease, lumbar spine, Right knee status post-surgery, Left knee arthritis status post-surgery
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 24, 2018
- Citation
- 1804633
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The appeal for an increased rating for left hip, the claims for entitlement to an earlier effective date and an increased rating for right knee strain, and the appeal for an earlier effective date for the grant of service connection for left shoulder strain were dismissed. The claim for a 40 percent rating from June 24, 2021 for degenerative disc disease was granted.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a lumbar spine disability as secondary to a cervical spine disability due to an inadequate medical opinion.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a higher initial rating of 40 percent for degenerative arthritis, degenerative disc disease, lumbosacral strain, and scoliosis, but remanded the other issues.
- Granted
The veteran was granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities.
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