The Veteran requested withdrawal of the appeal for an earlier effective date for left shoulder degenerative joint disease.,New and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a left knee disability.,The Veteran's request for a compensable rating prior to March 18, 2016, and from May 1, 2016, for his service-connected left foot strain is remanded.,The Veteran's request for a compensable rating for his service-connected left hamstring tendonitis is remanded.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability (undiagnosed illness and/or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness) secondary to his service-connected right and left hamstring tendonitis is remanded.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability (undiagnosed illness and/or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness) secondary to his service-connected right and left hamstring tendonitis is remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested withdrawal of the appeal for an earlier effective date for left shoulder degenerative joint disease.,New and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for a left knee disability.,The Veteran's request for a compensable rating prior to March 18, 2016, and from May 1, 2016, for his service-connected left foot strain is remanded due to lack of objective evidence of current disability.,The Veteran's request for a compensable rating for his service-connected left hamstring tendonitis is remanded due to the need for further examination and opinion regarding the severity of the condition.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a left knee disability (undiagnosed illness and/or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness) secondary to his service-connected right and left hamstring tendonitis is remanded due to the need for further examination and opinion regarding the relationship between the disabilities.,The Veteran's claim for service connection for a right knee disability (undiagnosed illness and/or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness) secondary to his service-connected right and left hamstring tendonitis is remanded due to the need for further examination and opinion regarding the relationship between the disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder degenerative joint disease of the AC joint, left knee disability, right hamstring tendonitis, left foot strain of fifth metatarsophalangeal joint foot injury, left knee disability (undiagnosed illness and/or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness), right knee disability (undiagnosed illness and/or medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2019
- Citation
- 19178346
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