The Board denied the claims for service connection for a dental disability and psoriasis of the right hand, finding that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen the claim for the dental disability and that there was no evidence linking the psoriasis to the Veteran's service-connected residuals of a right hand injury.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the additional evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims, as it either was cumulative or did not provide a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- psoriasis of the right hand, dental disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 18, 2009
- Citation
- 0905906
What this means for you
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