The Board denied the veteran's claims of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a right hand fracture and mental disorder in December 2002. The new evidence submitted after this decision is considered cumulative or redundant, and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating either claim.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims that the conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right hand fracture, mental disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2006
- Citation
- 0607818
What this means for you
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