The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his previously denied claim of entitlement to service connection for the residuals of a right foot injury, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.
The deciding factor: The evidence presented did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim as it could not be determined if the veteran was intoxicated at the time he jumped from the window, which would have affected his determination of willful misconduct.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right foot injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2006
- Citation
- 0633785
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What this means for you
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