The Board denied the appellant's claims for reopening his service connection claims for epilepsy and residuals of a head injury, finding that new evidence did not establish a nexus between current conditions and military service.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence was found to be insufficient to link current diagnoses with military service.
- Claimed conditions
- epilepsy, residuals of head injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0000984
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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