The Board has denied the veteran's claims to reopen his service connection claims for right lower extremity disability, lumbosacral disability, and upper respiratory disability due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to support the veteran's claims of service connection for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity disability, lumbosacral (lower back) disability, upper respiratory disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0600828
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection due to a pre-decisional duty to assist error and an incomplete evidentiary record.
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