The appeal as to whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for right hip disability is dismissed as moot.,The appeal as to whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral flatfoot is dismissed as moot.,New and material evidence having been received, the claim for entitlement to service connection for left hip disability is reopened.
The deciding factor: There is no longer an issue of fact or law pertaining to the claims regarding right hip disability, bilateral flatfoot, and left hip disability before the Board for appellate review as these issues have been encompassed in the February 2018 rating decision.,The appeal as to whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral flatfoot is dismissed as moot because the issue was already addressed in the February 2018 rating decision.,New and material evidence sufficient to reopen the previously denied claim for left hip disability has been received.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip disability, left hip disability, cervical spine disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19123832
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