The Board has granted the Veteran's petitions to reopen his claims for service connection for right heel and Achilles tendon condition, but denied both his claim for service connection for a right hip condition and secondary service connection for that condition. The Board found no new and material evidence in support of these claims.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was insufficient evidence linking the Veteran's current conditions to his military service or any other relevant exposure basis, including presumptions like PACT Act/Agent Orange/Camp Lejeune.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Heel and Achilles Tendon Condition, Right Hip Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19180267
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Decisions by this judge: 1,820 · Granted: 26% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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