The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for right elbow disability was granted, and the appeal is granted to this extent only. Service connection for lumbar spine spondylolisthesis, finding of CUE in the February 1977 rating decision, is also granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since January 2012 raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim of entitlement to service connection for right elbow disability. The February 1977 rating decision denying service connection for lumbar spine spondylolisthesis included a finding of CUE.
- Claimed conditions
- right elbow bursitis, lumbar spine spondylolisthesis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 7, 2020
- Citation
- 20052600
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- Dismissed
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