The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection as new and material evidence was not presented to reopen previously denied claims, and direct service connection was not established for any of the conditions.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted did not establish a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection, and there was no medical nexus between the veteran's current conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- dysthymic disorder, mild, residuals of back injury, to include arthritic change, episodic proximal myopathy with functional overlay, carnitine palmitoyltransferase (CPT) deficiency
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0902434
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Granted
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