The Board denied the Veteran's claim to reopen his service connection for a right leg disability and also denied his claim for service connection for residuals of a head injury. The decision found that new evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted by the Veteran was deemed insufficient to raise a reasonable possibility of establishing service connection for a right leg disability, as there is no current diagnosis and no medical opinion linking any present condition to service. The head injury claim also failed due to lack of supporting medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- right leg disability, head injury
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2014
- Citation
- 1446693
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