The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for a hernia and cervical disc disease, brachial plexus neuropathy, and right bicipital tendonitis. As such, these claims are now reopened.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted since the last final denial that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the Veteran's claims for service connection for a hernia and cervical disc disease, brachial plexus neuropathy, and right bicipital tendonitis.
- Claimed conditions
- Hernia, Cervical disc disease, brachial plexus neuropathy, and right bicipital tendonitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2013
- Citation
- 1303963
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