The Board denied service connection for chronic residuals of an injury to the head and neck, finding no evidence of a head or spine injury during active duty. The new evidence submitted since 1985 does not provide sufficient probative value to overcome this lack of supporting clinical data.
The deciding factor: New evidence did not provide sufficient medical nexus between service and current disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- psychomotor epilepsy, neuromuscular impairment
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2000
- Citation
- 0005040
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