The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim of service connection for PVD of the right lower extremity. The Veteran's request to reopen his previously denied claim was denied because none of the newly submitted evidence pertained to the reasons for the prior denial nor raised the reasonable possibility of substantiating the underlying claim.
The deciding factor: The new evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the Veteran's claim, as it only showed a history of PVD and failed to demonstrate or suggest a nexus between the condition and his military service or other service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Peripheral Vascular Disease of the Right Lower Extremity, Right Shoulder Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 10, 2011
- Citation
- 1141928
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
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