The Board denied the Veteran's application to reopen his previously denied claim of service connection for a right leg disability, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the prior final denial did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of aggravation of pre-existing residuals of a right tibia and right fibula fracture with circulatory damage and 1/2-inch shortening of the right lower extremity due to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Right leg disability (residuals of right tibia and right fibula fracture with circulatory damage and 1/2-inch shortening of the right lower extremity)
- How they argued it
- Aggravation of a pre-existing condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1022972
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