The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for residuals of a perforated left ear drum, finding that new and material evidence had not been submitted.
The deciding factor: The Board found that none of the recent evidentiary submissions tended to show that the Veteran’s perforated left ear drum was aggravated beyond natural progression during active service, or raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a perforated left ear drum
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 7, 2019
- Citation
- 19109968
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