The Board denied the veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for residuals of a left shoulder injury, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to relate the current left shoulder disability to service.
- Claimed conditions
- left shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0334405
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a neck injury, left shoulder injury, and low back injury as the evidence did not support that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for right and left shoulder injuries to obtain an appropriate VA opinion addressing all of the Veteran's STRs and lay statements.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a left shoulder injury, right knee injury, and bilateral flatfeet to obtain outstanding treatment records and military personnel records as well as VA examinations and opinions.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran not timely filing a Board Appeal request.
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