The Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of cold weather injury to the bilateral feet, right knee injury, and bilateral hearing loss have been granted. The claim for left knee injury is denied. The claim for spinal stenosis (low back disability) has been remanded.,Residuals of a right knee injury, bilateral hearing loss, and spinal stenosis were all granted as direct service connection was established.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims have been reopened due to the submission of new evidence that relates to unestablished facts and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for residuals of cold weather injury to the bilateral feet, right knee injury, and bilateral hearing loss. The claim for left knee injury was denied as there is no current diagnosis or clinical evidence of a disability.,The Veteran's service connection claims were granted based on direct service connection due to the presence of diagnosed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"residuals of cold weather injury to bilateral feet","status":"not granted"}, {"condition_name":"residuals of a right knee injury","status":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"bilateral hearing loss","status":"granted"}, {"condition_name":"left knee injury","status":"denied"}, {"condition_name":"spinal stenosis (low back disability)","status":"remanded"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19130960
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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