The Board denied the Veteran's claim to reopen his previously denied claims of service connection for a head injury and facial scars, finding that new evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The new evidence provided was cumulative and did not relate to the cause of the Veteran's head injury or facial scars.
- Claimed conditions
- head injury, facial scars
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2016
- Citation
- 1626424
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