The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for right and left ear infections, finding no new and material evidence to reopen his previously denied claim.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to support the reopening of the claim for service connection for right ear infections.
- Claimed conditions
- right ear infections, left ear infections
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2010
- Citation
- 1046203
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