The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for a urinary disability due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim, as it was either duplicative or unrelated to the Veteran's service-connected lumbar spine disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2019
- Citation
- 19178113
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
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