The Veteran's claim for service connection of a bilateral 'shakie leg' condition is granted. The issue of entitlement to an increased rating for scars associated with prostate cancer is remanded. The issue of entitlement to an earlier effective date for hearing loss service connection based on CUE is denied.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the August 2006 decision relates to unestablished facts and raises a possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for restless leg syndrome.
- Claimed conditions
- Restless Leg Syndrome, Prostate Cancer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 24, 2019
- Citation
- 19149185
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.
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