The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for back and knee injuries, as well as cellulitis. The evidence submitted since the last final decision did not provide new or material evidence to reopen these claims.
The deciding factor: No new or material evidence was provided to support the reopening of the claims for service connection for back and knee disabilities, nor for cellulitis.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a back injury, residuals of bilateral knee injuries, cellulitis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 12, 2001
- Citation
- 0100943
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including left foot condition, right foot condition, cellulitis, right ear hearing loss, and right lower extremity radiculopathy. The appeal of the proposal to reduce a 40 percent evaluation for lumbosacral strain was dismissed.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a failure by the VA contractor to provide an examination at a time when the Veteran could attend.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for cellulitis, finding that the evidence is at least in relative equipoise regarding whether the Veteran's condition is related to his service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for residuals of a back injury, head injury, and neck injury as the evidence did not support that these injuries occurred during or while traveling from active duty.
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