The Board has reopened the claim of service connection for a bilateral knee disability and arthritis, finding new and material evidence. The case is remanded to obtain VA treatment records and schedule the Veteran for a VA examination.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims for service connection for bilateral knee disability and arthritis.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral knee disability, arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2018
- Citation
- 18139969
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What this means for you
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