The Board found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for total left knee arthroplasty and total right knee arthroplasty.
The deciding factor: The current record was cumulative and redundant of the evidence at the time of the prior final decision, as there was no new evidence relating to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- total left knee arthroplasty, total right knee arthroplasty
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0904088
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