The Board found that the veteran's claim of service connection for polyarthritis of multiple joints is not well grounded. The September 1965 rating decision denying service connection for a congenital cyst of the right mandibular area is final, but new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen this claim.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not show that the veteran's polyarthritis of multiple joints is related to his period of service. The veteran failed to establish a nexus between his period of service and his current condition. However, new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for congenital cyst of the right mandibular area.
- Claimed conditions
- polyarthritis of multiple joints, congenital cyst of the right mandibular area
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0004756
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