The Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date for tinnitus has been denied as no application was filed prior to February 18, 2015.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for right shoulder disability is reopened based on new evidence provided by Dr. A.A.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral foot fungus disability is not reopened due to the lack of materiality of the submitted evidence.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for spine disability is reopened based on new evidence provided by Dr. A.A.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for bilateral knee disability is reopened based on new evidence provided by Dr. A.A.
The deciding factor: No application was filed prior to February 18, 2015, and the submitted evidence does not meet the criteria of being both new and material.,The submitted evidence provides a basis for reopening the claim as it relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (linking the Veteran's shoulder pain to service).,The submitted evidence is cumulative or redundant of evidence present at the time of the prior denial, does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.,The submitted evidence provides a basis for reopening the claim as it relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (linking the Veteran's back pain to service).,The submitted evidence provides a basis for reopening the claim as it relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (linking the Veteran's knee pain to service).
- Claimed conditions
- tinnitus, right shoulder bursitis, bilateral foot fungus, myositis of the dorsal, lumbar, and sacral area, bilateral knee disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19112634
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Decisions by this judge: 880 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection for hearing loss, tinnitus, and an acquired psychiatric disorder due to incomplete medical records and need for further examination.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for tinnitus, arthritis, and memory loss. The decision found no evidence linking these conditions to his military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral shoulder disability and increased ratings for her bilateral knee disabilities, finding no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's tinnitus is granted as service connected. The issues of foot disability and cardiovascular disorder are remanded for additional development.
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