The Veteran's application to re-open the claim for service connection for bilateral calluses is granted. The Board finds that new and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen the claim, as the December 2018 statement from his podiatrist raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The December 2018 statement from the Veteran's private podiatrist raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection by suggesting that the current condition of his feet is chronic and possibly related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral calluses
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19119769
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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