The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for a bilateral hand disorder, which was previously denied in September 1996. The case is now reopened.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been submitted since the last denial of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2004
- Citation
- 0407733
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Denied
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