The Board has granted entitlement to compensation benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a right arm disability as a result of VA treatment in April 1979 and service connection for a lumbar spine disorder. The claim for hepatitis was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received to reopen the claim of entitlement to compensation benefits pursuant to 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for hepatitis as a result of a blood transfusion during VA treatment in 1979, but it was not sufficient to establish service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- right arm disability, lumbar spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 13, 2010
- Citation
- 1038334
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