The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for post-operative residuals of thyroid cancer and left inguinal hernia, finding no new and material evidence to reopen the claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted since the last denial did not provide a basis to reopen the claims as it was either cumulative or did not relate the current conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of left inguinal hernia, post-operative residuals of thyroid cancer
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2003
- Citation
- 0300301
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What this means for you
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