The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims of entitlement to service connection for right and left knee disorders, which are currently secondary to a service-connected T1 vertebrae fracture disability. The appeal as to these issues is remanded.,The Veteran's claim of entitlement to an evaluation in excess of 10 percent for service-connected left ear hearing loss disability, service-connected vertigo, residuals of a T1 vertebrae fracture, residuals of a cranial fracture, paresthesias of the left scalp, and Bell's palsy, left is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims of entitlement to service connection for right and left knee disorders, which are currently secondary to a service-connected T1 vertebrae fracture disability.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"Right Knee Disorder","secondary_to":"T1 vertebrae fracture disability"}, {"condition_name":"Left Knee Disorder","secondary_to":"T1 vertebrae fracture disability"}
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2019
- Citation
- 19159633
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