The Board has determined that the veteran did not submit new and material evidence to reopen his claims for service connection for osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine and cervical spine/neck disability, as the submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence is either cumulative or redundant of previous evidence, and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- osteoarthritis of the lumbar spine, cervical spine/neck disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 16, 2006
- Citation
- 0607613
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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