The Board granted the reopening of the claim for a left hip disability and a 20 percent rating for scars on the left knee, lower left leg, and distal end fibula. The other claims were remanded.

The deciding factor: The evidence related to the bases of the previous denial raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for a left hip disability. For the scars, the functional impairment more nearly approximated three painful scars since February 10, 2017.

Claimed conditions

left hip disability, hypertension, diabetes mellitus, type II, erectile dysfunction, right foot and toe fungus, status post total knee replacement, left knee

How they argued it

Reopened with new and material evidence

Exposure basis

None

Rating assigned

20%

Decision date

March 4, 2025

Citation

25003078

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