The veteran's applications to reopen claims for service connection for bilateral osteoarthritis of the shoulders and a psychiatric disorder were denied due to a lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: Newly received evidence was found to be duplicative of the record prior to the September 2003 rating decision, and did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral osteoarthritis of the shoulders, status post arthroplasty, psychiatric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 22, 2008
- Citation
- 0813200
What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
What you can do next
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- Granted
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