Granted
The Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of hepatitis, left knee disability, and right knee disability have been granted. The appeals to reopen the claims for hypertension and heart disability are remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been received that raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims of service connection for hepatitis, left knee disability, and right knee disability.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"residuals for hepatitis","diagnosis_names":["cirrhosis","liver cancer"]}, {"condition_name":"left knee disability","diagnosis_names":[]}, {"condition_name":"right knee disability","diagnosis_names":[]}
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20003565
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.
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