The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for cellulitis of the right foot, resulting in a denial.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not provide new or material information necessary to establish the presence of a current disability related to cellulitis of the right foot.
- Claimed conditions
- cellulitis of the right foot
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2007
- Citation
- 0704199
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- Denied
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for schizophrenia, hernia, cellulitis of the right foot, and edema of the right foot. The veteran's claims were not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence. There is no current finding or diagnosis linking these conditions to active service.
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