The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a nervous disorder and a right elbow disability, as well as his reopenings of claims for service connection for an eye disorder and a back disorder. The evidence received since the final denial does not meet the criteria to be considered new and material.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence is insufficient to establish that there was a disease or injury in service that could lead to current disabilities, nor does it provide sufficient evidence of continuity of symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- Nervous Disorder, Right Elbow Disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 17, 2003
- Citation
- 0316325
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