Partly granted
The Board granted the reopening of the claim for service connection for a right knee torn ACL but denied service connection for right and left hand disabilities, a left shoulder disability, hypertension as secondary to migraine cephalgia, and a rating in excess of 50 percent for migraine cephalgia.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted was new and material, reopening the claim for service connection for a right knee torn ACL. However, there was no sufficient evidence linking the current disabilities to active service or a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee torn ACL, right hand disability (arthritis), left hand disability (arthritis), left shoulder disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2025
- Citation
- 25012639
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