The Board has not decided the claims related to service connection for prostatitis and urinary tract infection, but has denied reopening of a previously denied claim for a respiratory disability due to cigarette smoking. The issues are considered inextricably intertwined with the main appeal.
The deciding factor: The veteran's current respiratory diagnoses may be secondary to nicotine dependency that had its onset during his service from November 1954 to November 1958, or due to cigarette smoking during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- prostatitis, urinary tract infection, respiratory condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0000730
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- Denied
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- Dismissed
The Board denied the veteran's attempts to appeal rating decisions that denied service connection for various conditions and reduced his evaluation, as the appeals were not timely filed.
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