The Board has reviewed the appellant's claims for service connection for various disabilities, including PTSD, a cervical spine injury, and injuries to her right ankle and arm. The RO previously denied these claims in February 1998 and March 2000 due to lack of evidence linking the current conditions to military service. New evidence submitted since then does not raise a reasonable possibility of sustaining any of the claims.
The deciding factor: The new evidence is either duplicative or unfavorable, failing to provide credible information about the appellant's claimed stressors and injuries that could link them to her military service.
- Claimed conditions
- cervical segment of the spine, right ankle, right arm/right wrist
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1026546
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What this means for you
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