The Board dismissed the motion for revision of the June 6, 1997 decision on the grounds of CUE regarding whether new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for chronic bronchitis.
The deciding factor: The Court affirmed the Board's determination that the claim of entitlement to service connection for hearing loss was not well grounded, vacated the Board's determination on the issue of chronic bronchitis, and remanded this issue to the Board. The motion is dismissed as there is no final decision for review on CUE.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic bronchitis, bilateral hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 10, 2000
- Citation
- 0017891
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What this means for you
A dismissal means the Board did not decide the issue on its merits — usually because it was withdrawn or had become moot. It says more about procedure than about whether a claim like this can win.
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