The petition to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy is granted. The appeal is allowed to that extent only.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral lower extremity radiculopathy, cataracts, heart disorder, skin disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2020
- Citation
- 20001698
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
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