The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim for service connection for a neck or cervical spine disorder, which was previously denied in May 2003. The current evidence does not relate specifically to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
The deciding factor: The additional evidence submitted by the veteran since the May 2003 final RO decision is cumulative and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- neck or cervical spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2008
- Citation
- 0842923
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