The Board denied the appellant's claim for service connection for bunions, bilateral feet, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen a previously denied claim.
The deciding factor: The provided evidence was cumulative or redundant and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bunions, bilateral feet
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2004
- Citation
- 0418982
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What this means for you
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- Denied
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