The Board denied service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis in 1958, which is now reopened. The claim of benign prostatic hypertrophy remains not well grounded.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis, and the claim for benign prostatic hypertrophy lacks sufficient medical evidence linking it to service.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis, benign prostatic hypertrophy
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0003291
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
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- Granted
The Veteran is granted a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to his service-connected disabilities, which include diffuse interstitial fibrosis, ulcerative colitis, anxiety disorder, benign prostatic hypertrophy, and hypertension.
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