The Veteran seeks to reopen a previously denied claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 for a right arm disability, claimed to have been caused by surgeries at VA during September and October 2003. The Board finds that new and material evidence has been submitted to warrant reopening the previously denied claim.
The deciding factor: The submission of new and material evidence related to the Veteran's claims regarding the surgeries in September and October 2003 raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of use of right arm, decreased range of motion of the right arm
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 7, 2014
- Citation
- 1400384
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