The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for asthmatic bronchitis. The veteran presented a new theory of service connection based on his history of smoking during service, but this theory is precluded by law due to the prohibition against service connection for disabilities resulting from tobacco use in military service.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not provide sufficient medical opinion regarding the etiology or aggravation of the veteran's preexisting asthmatic bronchitis during service and is therefore not material. Additionally, the new theory based on smoking during service is precluded by law due to the prohibition against service connection for disabilities resulting from tobacco use in military service.
- Claimed conditions
- asthmatic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0336446
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