The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including degenerative and rheumatoid arthritis of the knees and spine, bilateral radicular pains due to nerve root compression, flat feet, and an eye disability, all claimed as secondary to his service-connected residuals of a stab wound of the right leg. The decision also denied reopening of his claim for residuals of a stab wound of the left leg.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for residuals of a stab wound of the left leg, and that the claimed conditions were not proximately due or aggravated by his service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a stab wound of the left leg, degenerative and rheumatoid arthritis of the knees and spine, bilateral radicular pains due to nerve root compression, flat feet, eye disability
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0218046
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