The Board has denied the veteran's claims for reopening service connection for anxiety neurosis, right knee injury, and left kidney disability due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to reopen any of the previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety neurosis, right knee injury, left kidney disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 31, 2003
- Citation
- 0336765
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