The Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of back and internal injuries, residuals of a concussion, and chronic renal insufficiency (claimed as kidney disease) have been reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. However, the Board has not determined whether these conditions are related to his military service.,Service connection was denied for residuals of back and internal injuries in 1965, but the Veteran submitted new evidence that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (the presence of residual disabilities from a 1963 jeep accident).,The Veteran's claims for service connection for residuals of a concussion and chronic renal insufficiency have also been reopened. The Board found that there is no new evidence submitted, but the Veteran has provided additional medical opinions indicating possible connections to his military service.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was received in all three cases, allowing the claims to be reopened. However, the Board did not find any new evidence sufficient to establish a causal relationship between the current conditions and the Veteran's military service.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of back and internal injuries, residuals of a concussion, chronic renal insufficiency
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 17, 2017
- Citation
- 1712293
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