The Veteran's claim for service connection of a left leg disability is reopened, and the appeal is granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of a current left leg condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg strain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- Not specified
- Citation
- 18100063
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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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