The Board has determined that there is no new and material evidence received sufficient to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for low back strain (also claimed as arthritis in back) and left leg condition (also claimed as arthritis in legs, previously denied as radiculopathy, left lower extremity), to include as secondary to low back strain.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since previous decisions does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Low back strain (also claimed as arthritis in back), Left leg condition (also claimed as arthritis in legs, previously denied as radiculopathy, left lower extremity)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 16, 2020
- Citation
- 20040868
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