The petition to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for a right knee condition is granted. The appeals for an effective date prior to March 29, 2012 for the assignment of separate evaluations for left lower extremity radiculopathy and painful and tender scar of the left foot are dismissed. The appeals for service connection for a left knee condition, superficial nonlinear scar of the left foot, and lumbar stenosis with spondylolisthesis at L5-S1 are remanded.
The deciding factor: The Veteran submitted new and material evidence to reopen her previously denied claim for right knee service connection. The appeals were dismissed due to withdrawal by the Veteran. Appeals for effective dates and service connection remain pending and require further examination and evaluation.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Knee Condition, Left Knee Condition
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 15, 2020
- Citation
- 20003613
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Decisions by this judge: 2,156 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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