The Board has determined that there is no new and material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for residuals of a head injury. The veteran's claims for neck or cervical disc injury, back injury, and back scars are denied as not established by the evidence of record.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing any current disabilities related to the claimed injuries during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a head injury, Neck or cervical disc injury, Back injury, Back scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2001
- Citation
- 0125327
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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- Denied
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