The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the claims of entitlement to service connection for a right knee disorder, low back disorder, kidney disorder (claimed as hematuria), prostate disorder, lung disorder, and migraine headaches. The claims are therefore denied.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to reopen any of the previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- right knee disorder, low back disorder, kidney disorder (claimed as hematuria), prostate disorder, lung disorder, migraine headaches
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0014327
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What this means for you
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