The Board denied the Veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 30 percent for service-connected loss of bone, residual of craniotomy; entitlement to service connection for onychomycosis and hypertension; and whether new and material evidence has been received in order to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for migraines.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's claims were denied as the medical evidence did not meet the criteria for higher ratings or service connection, and no new and material evidence was presented to reopen the migraines claim.
- Claimed conditions
- loss of bone, residual of craniotomy, onychomycosis, hypertension, migraines
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2016
- Citation
- 1641884
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