The application to reopen a claim for service connection for a right knee and leg disorder is granted. The application to reopen a claim for service connection for a headache disorder is also granted, but the claim for service connection for a headache disorder is denied.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted since the previous denial provided sufficient detail about an in-service injury that led to current diagnoses of right knee and leg disorders and headaches. However, the new evidence did not establish a causal link between these conditions and service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right knee and leg disorder, Headache disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19106320
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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