The Board has determined that the submitted evidence is not new and material, thus denying the reopening of claims for service connection for lower back injury and left thigh disorder.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact or raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- lower back injury, left thigh disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 28, 2010
- Citation
- 1040523
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What this means for you
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