The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the appellant's claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury, which was previously denied in 1956. The appellant provided chiropractic reports indicating current disability as the result of an injury during military service.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted that bears directly on the specific matter under consideration (the reopening of the claim).
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a head injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0120684
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