The Veteran's application to reopen his service connection claims for overactive bladder, low back disorder, and right hip arthritis has been granted. The claims are reopened but the service connection is denied.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran relates to an unestablished fact necessary to support the reopening of the claims (the possibility that symptoms may have onset in service).
- Claimed conditions
- overactive bladder, low back disorder (lumbar arthritis and lumbar intervertebral disc syndrome), right hip arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19146822
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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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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