The Board denied the reopening of a claim for service connection for fibrous dysplasia because new evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence was found, but it was either redundant or did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- fibrous dysplasia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 28, 2018
- Citation
- 18153658
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- Denied
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- Denied
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