The Board has determined that the evidence received since the September 2003 and November 2004 denials is not new and material, and therefore, the claims for service connection for an abdominal scar; burns of the right eye, left side of the face and left leg; and injury to chin, face and head (also claimed as residuals of gunshot wound) are not reopened.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the September 2003 and November 2004 denials is not new and material because it does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate any of the claims for service connection, nor does it raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating those claims.
- Claimed conditions
- scar, abdomen, burns of the right eye, left side of the face and left leg, injury to chin, face and head (also claimed as residuals of gunshot wound)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2016
- Citation
- 1637186
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