The Board has reopened the claim for service connection of residuals of a chest injury due to new and material evidence. Service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence, including an opinion from a VA examiner, relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (residuals of a chest injury), raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of chest wall injury, rib fractures
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2018
- Citation
- 18159221
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What this means for you
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