The Board denied the reopening of a claim for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence, concluding that the submitted evidence was cumulative.
The deciding factor: No new or significant evidence presented since the last final decision supports the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- left hip, left leg, back
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 20, 2000
- Citation
- 0007417
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What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for left hip due to a need for a new medical nexus opinion.
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