The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for a right ankle disorder, including as secondary to a service-connected burn scar due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to support the reopening of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- right ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 26, 2003
- Citation
- 0325215
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What this means for you
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