The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for carpal tunnel syndrome of the left hand, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence did not bear directly on the specific matter under consideration and was not significant enough to be considered in deciding the merits of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- carpal tunnel syndrome of the left hand
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 23, 2003
- Citation
- 0307787
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,196 · Granted: 17% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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