The Veteran's claims of service connection for various conditions have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. Service connection is granted for left and right shoulder conditions, right knee condition, left and right ankle conditions, headache condition (secondary to a service-connected disability), sleep condition (secondary to a service-connected disability), and heart condition.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence includes diagnoses and nexus statements that relate the Veteran's current conditions to his military service or pre-existing conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- heart condition, left shoulder condition, right shoulder condition, right knee condition, left ankle condition, right ankle condition, headache condition, sleep condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 26, 2019
- Citation
- 19196120
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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.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for service connection and increased ratings were denied due to untimeliness, as the appeals were not filed within one year of the respective rating decisions.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right foot, left elbow, left hip, left ankle, and diabetes mellitus to obtain additional medical evidence.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for GERD, a heart condition, hypertension, a kidney condition, and obstructive sleep apnea as there is no evidence of current disabilities related to these conditions or that they are etiologically linked to the Veteran's military service.
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