The Board denied reopening the veteran's claims for bilateral knee arthritis and arthritis of the lumbar spine, finding that new evidence did not provide a basis to reopen the claims.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence was found to be insufficient to establish a new theory of service connection (new_and_material) or to provide significant effect on previously considered facts.
- Claimed conditions
- arthritis of the lumbar spine, bilateral knee arthritis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 27, 2003
- Citation
- 0301456
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