The Board found that the appellant did not submit new and material evidence to reopen his claim for service connection for left leg and right arm disorders, as no medical evidence presented since the July 1960 rating decision bears directly on the issue of a chronic condition during active duty.
The deciding factor: The post-service medical records do not provide direct evidence of a chronic left leg or right arm disorder incurred during service.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg, right arm
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 24, 2000
- Citation
- 0013713
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