The claim to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for left knee disability is granted. The appeal is granted to this extent only.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence sufficient to reopen the claim of service connection for a left knee disability has been received.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, right-side neuralgia, bilateral hip disability, bilateral hearing loss, left shoulder impingement syndrome with degenerative changes, acquired psychiatric disability (to include PTSD, depression and dysthymia), low back disability, bilateral lower extremity sciatica, total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19169316
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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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- Denied
The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral hearing loss was noted upon entry into active duty service and did not increase in severity during service. Therefore, it denied his claim for service connection.
- Remanded (sent back)
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