The deciding factor: The veteran has not presented sufficient new and material evidence to reopen his claim for service connection for bilateral trench foot, nor has he provided competent medical evidence of a causal relationship between the service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis and the cerebrovascular accident.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral trench foot, cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0006421
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What this means for you
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