The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a forehead scar and an initial compensable evaluation for malaria. The evidence received since the April 1982 decision was not new and material to reopen the claim for a forehead scar.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim for a forehead scar.
- Claimed conditions
- forehead scar
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2011
- Citation
- 1139289
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for an initial compensable rating for gastritis with GERD and H. Pylori infection, as well as for a forehead scar.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for residuals of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), including migraine headaches with photophobia, tinnitus associated with these headaches, and a forehead scar.
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