The Board denied service connection for residuals of a gunshot wound of the left side, found that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for residuals of a gunshot wound of the left shoulder, and denied initial compensable ratings for residuals of gunshot wounds of the low back and left leg.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no current disability related to the claimed conditions, and that the additional evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection or reopening it.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gunshot wound of the left side, residuals of a gunshot wound of the left shoulder, residuals of a gunshot wound of the low back, residuals of a gunshot wound of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2009
- Citation
- 0910706
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