The Board has reopened the claims for service connection for residuals of a nose fracture, bilateral feet (right and left), right hip disability, left hip disability, eye floaters, hemorrhoids, and right ear chondritis and actinic keratoses. The appeals are granted as new and material evidence has been received.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted medical records provide current diagnoses for the claimed conditions and establish a link to service through continuity of symptomatology or direct causation.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a Nose Fracture, Bilateral Feet (Right Foot and Left Foot), Right Hip Disability, Left Hip Disability, Eye Floaters, Hemorrhoids, Right Ear Chondritis and Actinic Keratoses (claimed as Skin Tags)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 20, 2018
- Citation
- 1823669
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran withdrew his appeal for an increased evaluation of his hemorrhoids, so the case is dismissed.
- Denied
The Board has denied service connection for the claimed conditions as there is no persuasive evidence of current diagnoses or in-service incurrence or aggravation.
- Denied
The Board denied an increased rating for the Veteran's right hip disability, finding that her current 10 percent rating adequately reflects her symptoms and limitations.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's right hip disability, which may be related to service or secondary to his service-connected bilateral pes planus.
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