The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence for his cervical spine condition, as well as denial of service connection for back and left leg injuries. The Board found no causal relationship between current disabilities and service.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for a cervical spine disability, and there is insufficient medical evidence linking current disabilities to service.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical spine condition, back injury, left leg injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2003
- Citation
- 0303399
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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- Denied
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