The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of service connection for bilateral femoral retroversion with genu valgum, thus denying the claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to support the veteran's claim, as his conditions were found to have existed prior to service and were not aggravated therein.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral femoral retroversion, genu valgum
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2006
- Citation
- 0633202
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