The Board has determined that the evidence submitted since the January 1992 RO decision is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral foot disorder.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence does not provide sufficient medical basis to establish a link between current foot disorders and military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bunions, calluses, corns
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2001
- Citation
- 0117632
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for various conditions due to an incomplete set of the Veteran's service treatment records.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for bilateral foot disabilities due to insufficient evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, stating that the evidence does not show a causal relationship to military service.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal for service connection for multiple conditions was dismissed because the veteran requested to withdraw the appeal.
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