The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen a claim of service connection for polio, as new and material evidence was not provided.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim that the veteran had or ever had polio.
- Claimed conditions
- poliomyelitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- March 21, 2008
- Citation
- 0809652
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Decisions by this judge: 2,374 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for post-polio syndrome, finding that there was no evidence of aggravation beyond natural progression and that the condition was not incurred during or related to active service.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to an inadequate opinion from a VA examiner regarding direct service connection for post-polio syndrome.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the claims for service connection for poliomyelitis, right foot disability (excluding residuals of poliomyelitis), and right hip disability. The TDIU claim is also being remanded due to incomplete development.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the appellant's claim for DIC benefits as a helpless child of her father, finding that she was not permanently incapable of self-support at the time of her 18th birthday due to poliomyelitis.
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