The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a back disorder, heart murmur, neck disorder, arthritis, and right knee disorder. The appeals were not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen any of the previously disallowed claims.
- Claimed conditions
- back disorder, heart murmur, neck disorder, arthritis, right knee disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0323147
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What this means for you
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