The Board denied the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a jaw injury, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted since the June 1988 denial.
The deciding factor: The RO found that no new and material evidence had been presented to reopen the previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- jaw injury, loss of multiple teeth
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2002
- Citation
- 0213022
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