The Board granted service connection for a right hip disability, resolving all reasonable doubt in the Veteran's favor. The claims for service connection for right and left knee disabilities were remanded due to pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
The deciding factor: The evidence was found to be in relative equipoise as to whether the Veteran's current right hip disability had its onset during his active service, leading to a grant of service connection. The claims for the knees were remanded due to missing Reserve treatment records and an incomplete service separation examination report from the second period of active service.
- Claimed conditions
- right hip disability, right knee disability, left knee disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- October 11, 2024
- Citation
- A24065348
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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- Denied
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Partly granted
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