The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various disabilities, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his claim of low back disability. The other issues were also denied as there was no direct evidence linking these conditions to active military service.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for a low back disability, and the Board found that the other claims lacked sufficient evidence to establish service connection based on direct evidence or any recognized theories of service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- low back, left knee, bilateral ankle, gout, left wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0124182
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- Remanded (sent back)
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