The Board denied service connection for pleurisy and varicose veins of the right leg due to lack of new and material evidence for pleurisy, and because there is no medical evidence linking current varicose veins to service.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for pleurisy. There is also insufficient medical evidence to link current varicose veins to service.
- Claimed conditions
- pleurisy, varicose veins of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2002
- Citation
- 0200927
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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