The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim for service connection for residuals of burns to various body parts due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, as the current disability was already established by prior evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of burns to the head, residuals of burns to the face, residuals of burns to the arms, residuals of burns to the legs, residuals of burns to the chest
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0823434
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