The Veteran's claim of service connection for a right knee disorder is granted, but the issue is remanded due to need for additional development.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran’s claim of service connection for a right knee disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19127530
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
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- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew the appeal for all service connection and rating issues, and the Board has no jurisdiction to review these matters.
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