The Board has denied the veteran's claims of service connection for arthritis of multiple joints, residuals of fractures of the right upper cheek, right arm, hands, and right leg, and a sinus disability. The appeals were not well-grounded as new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen these previously denied claims.
The deciding factor: The Board found that no new and material evidence had been presented to reopen the veteran's claims for service connection for arthritis of multiple joints, residuals of fractures of the right upper cheek, right arm, hands, and right leg, and a sinus disability. The appeals were not well-grounded as the submitted evidence was either duplicative or did not provide sufficient new information.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of multiple joints, residuals of fractures of the right upper cheek, right arm, hands, and right leg, sinus disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0112991
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What this means for you
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