The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection of left knee disability other than a laceration scar, and for a compensable evaluation for a laceration scar. The denial was based on lack of new and material evidence to reopen the claim and insufficient evidence supporting a compensable rating.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence submitted did not provide sufficient new or material evidence to reopen the claim of service connection for left knee disability other than the laceration scar, and there was no medical evidence showing that the arthritis of the left knee was related to the service-connected laceration scar.
- Claimed conditions
- left knee laceration scar, arthritis of left knee
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2002
- Citation
- 0206194
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