The Veteran's claims for service connection for a left knee disability, right foot disability, bilateral hearing loss, and sleep disorder have been granted. The rating for his bilateral hearing loss remains at 0%.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted sufficient to reopen the Veteran’s claims for these conditions, and they were found to be related to his military service or service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee disability, right foot disability, bilateral hearing loss, sleep disorder (obstructive sleep apnea)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- January 29, 2020
- Citation
- 20007754
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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various disabilities to the AOJ for further development and consideration of evidence not previously considered.
- Partly granted
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