The Veteran's claim for a compensable disability rating for his scar of the left buttock was granted. However, his attempt to reopen his service connection claim for a spinal disorder was denied.
The deciding factor: The claim for reopening the spinal disorder claim was denied because no new and material evidence was submitted that would support the reopening of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- scar of the left buttock, spinal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 16, 2009
- Citation
- 0926507
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