The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for a right knee condition is granted. The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received, allowing the reopening of the previously denied claim.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence provided by the Veteran relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate his claim: whether his current right knee conditions are related to his in-service injury.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee meniscus tear, right knee chondromalacia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2018
- Citation
- 18129009
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