The Board has reopened the previously denied claims for service connection for bilateral hip bursitis and low back condition with bilateral upper and lower neuropathy, finding new and material evidence. The claims are now remanded to determine if service connection can be established.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims of service connection for back and hip disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Hip Bursitis, Low Back Condition with Bilateral Upper and Lower Neuropathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2024
- Citation
- 24003399
Veterans Law Judge
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