The Board has reopened the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death due to new medical evidence linking tuberculosis to service. However, the Board finds that this condition did not contribute substantially or materially to the cause of the veteran's death.
The deciding factor: The opinion from Dr. Reyes is found to be speculative and lacks clinical data or other rationale to support its conclusions.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Shrapnel wound to the right scapular region
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 16, 2001
- Citation
- 0124705
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What this means for you
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