The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claims for throat disorder and right lower extremity disorder. The appellant's psychiatric, hearing loss, and right eye disorders are not service-connected.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the previously denied claims of throat disorder and right lower extremity disorder. There is insufficient medical evidence linking the claimed conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- throat disorder, right lower extremity disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2003
- Citation
- 0326309
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