The Board denied service connection for a chest disorder, including pectus carinatum, in April 1993. The Veteran's claim was reopened based on new evidence submitted by his mother, but the Board found that this evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The new evidence provided by the Veteran's mother is redundant and does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the previously denied service connection claim for chest disorder.
- Claimed conditions
- chest disorder, pectus carinatum
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 16, 2015
- Citation
- 1516437
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