The Board has reopened the Veteran's claim of service connection for left hand weakness, finding that new and material evidence has been presented. The case is now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for left hand weakness.
- Claimed conditions
- left hand weakness
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2012
- Citation
- 1200921
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