The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for lumbosacral sprain, bilateral hearing loss, neuroma, medial calcaneal (bilateral foot condition), and scars on heel due to new and material evidence. These claims are now remanded for further development.,The Veteran is seeking service connection for various conditions including a back injury, bilateral hearing loss, a foot condition, and knee injuries.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to the unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the claims of lumbosacral sprain, bilateral hearing loss, neuroma, medial calcaneal (bilateral foot condition), and scars on heel. The Veteran's testimony provides additional context for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"lumbosacral sprain"}, {"condition_name":"bilateral hearing loss"}, {"condition_name":"neuroma, medial calcaneal, bilateral (now claimed as bilateral foot condition)"}, {"condition_name":"scars on heel"}
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19144221
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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