The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the veteran's claims for right elbow and bilateral hearing loss disabilities. The service connection claims for left elbow, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, and degenerative joint disease of the right knee have all been denied.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not provide new information or material that could establish the unestablished facts necessary to reopen the veteran's claims for right elbow and bilateral hearing loss disabilities. The service connection claims for left elbow, degenerative joint disease of the left knee, and degenerative joint disease of the right knee have all been denied based on lack of evidence supporting these conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Elbow Disability, Bilateral Hearing Loss Disability, Left Elbow Disability, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Left Knee, Degenerative Joint Disease of the Right Knee
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 29, 2008
- Citation
- 0829623
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