Dismissed
The appeal for entitlement to left hip injury, right hip injury, and right hand injury was dismissed as these issues were not properly appealed. The remaining claims are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The issues of the bilateral hip injury and right hand injury were not adjudicated in any prior decision within the year preceding the appeal, thus they lack legal merit.
- Claimed conditions
- right hand injury, left hip injury (claimed as bilateral hip injury), right hip injury (claimed as bilateral hip injury), lumbosacral strain with degenerative joint disease, left shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis with bursitis, right shoulder acromioclavicular joint osteoarthritis, left knee strain with metallic foreign body in tibial tuberosity, right knee, strain
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 20, 2025
- Citation
- A25015400
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