The Board denied the Veteran's request to reopen his previously denied claim for service connection for residuals from a chin injury, finding that no new and material evidence was submitted.
The deciding factor: No new medical evidence showed the Veteran was not intoxicated at the time of the fall into an uncovered hole during active service.
- Claimed conditions
- chin injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 19, 2019
- Citation
- 19187165
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,050 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current disability of the chin or jaw, and thus service connection for these conditions is denied. The cervical spine issue will be remanded for further development.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's current left knee disability was caused by an injury during service, and therefore grants service connection for residuals of a left total knee replacement.
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