The veteran's claims for an earlier effective date and reopening of service connection claims were denied. The Board found that the evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the prior decisions was not new and material to reopen the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with somatic features, gastrointestinal disorder (claimed as incompetent lower esophageal sphincter with gastroesophageal reflux and calcified mesenteric lymph nodes), low back injury, hip injury, hearing loss disability, right ear
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 18, 2006
- Citation
- 0625516
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Denied
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- Partly granted
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