The Board denied the Veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his left and right thumb conditions, as well as his attempt to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection for arthritis of multiple joints. The evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating these claims.
The deciding factor: The new evidence submitted by the Veteran was insufficient to show that his arthritis of multiple joints were incurred in or aggravated by service, and there was no evidence showing that his left and right thumb conditions are related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of Multiple Joints, Left Thumb Condition, Right Thumb Condition
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 15, 2014
- Citation
- 1445566
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