The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased rating for a scar, reopening of service connection claims for leg fracture and frostbite, and service connection for PTSD. The scars were found to be non-compensably disabling. The leg fracture and frostbite claims did not have new and material evidence received since the last final denial.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current symptoms do not relate to his service-connected conditions or any presumptive exposure basis.
- Claimed conditions
- residual scar, upper right quadrant of the abdomen, fractured leg, frostbite, acquired psychiatric disability (PTSD), concussion and/or other head injury, eye disability, ear problems including otitis media and eustachian tube dysfunction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2010
- Citation
- 1003696
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