The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims of service connection for left and right knee disabilities, depression, and arthritis of the lumbar spine. The claims are now remanded to determine if these conditions were incurred or aggravated by service.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the final January 2015 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, right knee disability, depression, arthritis of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19194496
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