The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen any of the Veteran's service connection claims, including those for psychiatric disorder, back disorder, stomach disorder, and bilateral knee disability.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not relate the current disabilities to service or connect them to a previously service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- psychiatric disorder, back disorder, stomach disorder, bilateral knee disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 13, 2012
- Citation
- 1224385
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