The Board denied reopening of the claims for service connection for dorsolumbar paravertebral myositis with scoliosis and lumbar radiculopathy due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented that could establish a relationship between the current disabilities and service or any service-connected conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- dorsolumbar paravertebral myositis with scoliosis, lumbar radiculopathy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2018
- Citation
- 18145257
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