The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, left knee disability, right hip disability (secondary), left hip disability (secondary), and right leg radiculopathy (secondary) but remanded the claims for a right ankle disability, left ankle disability, and right knee disability.
The deciding factor: The decision was based on an equipoise of evidence supporting a nexus between the Veteran's current disabilities and his service, with some issues granted and others remanded.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back disability, Left knee disability, Right hip disability (secondary to lumbar spine and left knee disabilities), Left hip disability (secondary to lumbar spine and left knee disabilities), Right leg radiculopathy (secondary to the lumbar spine), Left leg radiculopathy (secondary to the lumbar spine), Right ankle disability (secondary to low back and left knee disabilities, remanded), Left ankle disability (to include as secondary to low back and left knee disabilities, remanded), Right knee disability (to include as secondary to low back and left knee disabilities, remanded)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20063962
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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