The Board denied service connection for a right foot disorder and residuals of a fracture to the right lower extremity, finding that new evidence did not warrant reopening the claim.
The deciding factor: No competent objective evidence demonstrated current right foot or right lower extremity disorders related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot disorder, Fracture of right lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0008859
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What this means for you
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