The Board denied the Veteran's claims for new and material evidence for service connection for a low back disorder, service connection for a left shoulder disorder, entitlement to a temporary total disability evaluation under 38 C.F.R. § 4.30 for surgery of the left shoulder, entitlement to an initial rating in excess of 30 percent for major depressive disorder, and entitlement to a compensable evaluation for internal derangement of the right knee.
The deciding factor: The Board found that there was no new evidence received to reopen any service connection claims and denied all other issues on appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- low back disorder, left shoulder disorder, major depressive disorder, internal derangement of the right knee
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1038143
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