Toma v. Kyo-Ya Co.

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• holding that lay assertions of medical causation cannot serve as the predicate to reopen a claim
• holding that veteran's lay statements were not competent as to \medical matters\
• lay evidence that is insufficient to well ground a claim under 38 U.S.C. § 5107(a) is insufficient to reopen a claim
• new and material evidence, to have reasonable possibility of outcome change, must contain medical evidence of causation where lay evidence will not suffice
• medical-nexus evidence of relationship between present disability and service is generally required for purposes of well grounding a claim and reopening a previously disallowed claim
• in order to reopen claim for service connection where the issue is whether disability was incurred or aggravated by service, expert medical evidence is required

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