The Board denied the veteran's application to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for urethritis, claimed as chancroid penis, finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: None of the new evidence provided by the veteran demonstrated current urethritis or linked it to service.
- Claimed conditions
- urethritis, chancroid penis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 10, 2003
- Citation
- 0327225
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What this means for you
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