The Board denied the reopening of a claim for service connection for shell fragment wound residuals of the left arm, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence submitted was cumulative and redundant, did not bear directly on the specific matter under consideration, and is not significant enough to warrant reconsideration of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- shell fragment wound residuals of the left arm
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 21, 2007
- Citation
- 0705014
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