The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for lower back pain, bilateral flat feet, and peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities based on a lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not relate to previously unestablished elements necessary to substantiate the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back pain, bilateral flat feet, peripheral neuropathy of both lower extremities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1013907
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection were dismissed due to untimely filing of the Board Appeal requests.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for lower back pain, finding that the evidence does not support a link between the condition and his military service.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for service connection for lower back pain to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding its etiology.
- Dismissed
The appeal was dismissed due to the Veteran's passing during its pendency.
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