The Board granted new and material evidence to reopen the claims for service connection for right hip, left hip, right knee, left knee, and bilateral hearing loss disabilities. It also granted earlier effective dates for a 100 percent disability rating for panic disorder with depressive disorder and a 50 percent disability rating for bilateral flat feet with plantar fasciitis.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the prior denials was found to be new and material, sufficient to reopen the claims. The effective dates were granted based on the Veteran's last day of employment.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip pain, left hip pain, right knee pain, left knee pain, bilateral hearing loss, Ehlers-Danlos Hypermobility Syndrome, Type 3
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2024
- Citation
- 24000309
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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- Dismissed
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