The Board has determined that the evidence received since the December 2004 rating decision is not new and material, and thus does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim as it does not indicate that the Veteran currently suffers from any residuals of a head trauma sustained during service.
- Claimed conditions
- laceration of the scalp, head condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 9, 2013
- Citation
- 1328602
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