The Board has denied the reopening of claims for service connection for athlete's foot, residuals of a head injury, and residuals of a scalded back due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to support the veteran's claims for these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- athlete's foot, residuals of a head injury, residuals of a scalded back
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 19, 2006
- Citation
- 0611229
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for athlete's foot to correct pre-decisional duty to assist errors.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including residuals of a head injury, bilateral hearing loss, neck disability, gout of the right ankle, unspecified trauma or stress related disorder, tinnitus, and other musculoskeletal issues.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for service connection for various conditions were denied as the appeals were not timely filed.
- Dismissed
The veteran's appeal requests for extensions to file an appeal on various rating decisions were denied, and the attempted appeals are dismissed.
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