The Board denied the veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional disability of the right foot as a result of VA surgical treatment in 1990, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claim.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to reopen the veteran's claim under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for additional disability of the right foot as a result of VA surgical treatment in 1990.
- Claimed conditions
- Right foot deformity, Right foot infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 28, 2005
- Citation
- 0511959
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