The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for Paget's disease was granted. The claim itself, however, is denied as the condition did not manifest within one year of separation from active service and is not related to his service-connected bilateral hip disability.
The deciding factor: Paget's disease did not manifest within one year of separation from active service and is not related to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral hip disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Paget's disease
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 23, 2019
- Citation
- 19195999
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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
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board grants service connection for Paget's disease, resolving reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a right thumb injury, Paget's disease, hypertension, erectile dysfunction (secondary to hypertension), and kidney disease (secondary to hypertension) as there was no evidence that any of these conditions began during active service or were otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew his appeal for service connection for lumbar spine degenerative arthritis and Paget's disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection of Paget's disease to obtain additional records and a dose estimate from the Under Secretary for Health.
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