The Board denied the petition to reopen a claim of service connection for pneumonia and found that no new and material evidence had been submitted. The rating for residuals of a right ankle injury was granted, but the left ankle disorder remains unresolved.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for pneumonia.
- Claimed conditions
- Left ankle disorder, Pneumonia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- December 4, 2002
- Citation
- 0217520
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