The Board has determined that the Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of a right thumb injury cannot be reopened as there is no new and material evidence to support it. The claim for secondary service connection for a right arm disability was not legally merited due to lack of a current diagnosis.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing a current diagnosis of a right arm disability, nor any new and material evidence presented to reopen the original claim for residuals of a right thumb injury.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right thumb injury, right arm disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 14, 2010
- Citation
- 1002395
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What this means for you
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