The Board denied service connection for a bilateral ankle disability in December 1988. The veteran is requesting that new and material evidence be considered to reopen his claim.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has not been received to substantiate the claim of service connection for a bilateral ankle disability.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral ankle disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 8, 2004
- Citation
- 0418184
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What this means for you
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