The Board has denied service connection for urethral stricture and burn residuals, finding no new and material evidence. The claims of PTSD, nasal septal deviation, and secondary lupus erythematosus with cicatrix have been reopened but not granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence submitted does not establish aggravation in service or provide clear and unmistakable evidence that the preexisting conditions worsened during service.
- Claimed conditions
- urethral stricture, residuals of third degree burns
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2001
- Citation
- 0110816
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