The Board found that the veteran's left leg disability was not incurred in or aggravated by active military service, and denied his claim. The Board also determined that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence of record did not show any current left leg disability related to the veteran's active military service, or to any incident therein. The evidence received since the May 1978 RO decision was insufficient to raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim for service connection for a psychiatric disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- left leg disability, psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0601478
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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