The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the appellant's claim of entitlement to service connection for the residuals of a tonsillectomy, including a vocal and/or throat disorder.
The deciding factor: Evidence presented since the April 1989 rating decision bears directly on whether the appellant currently has a throat disorder and is significant in deciding the merits of his claim.
- Claimed conditions
- throat disorder, vocal chord paralysis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 11, 2002
- Citation
- 0202298
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