The Board denied the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a bilateral hand disability, finding that new and material evidence had not been received.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to substantiate the claim of aggravation beyond its natural progression during service or to relate the current condition to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral hand disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2010
- Citation
- 1007598
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