The Board denied service connection for low back, bilateral foot disabilities, hepatitis A/B, and a psychiatric disorder including PTSD. The claim for hepatitis A/B was reopened but the service connection remains denied.
The deciding factor: New evidence did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for low back, bilateral foot disabilities, or hepatitis A/B.
- Claimed conditions
- low back, bilateral foot disabilities, psychiatric disorder (including PTSD), left hand disability, hepatitis A/B
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2019
- Citation
- 19101719
What this means for you
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