The Board has granted the Veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for a left leg condition and remanded the issue of whether new and material evidence has been received. The case is now pending further adjudication.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on newly submitted evidence that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19187433
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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