The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim for service connection for PTB, which was previously denied in August 1987. The reopened claim is now subject to further development before a final determination can be made.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence confirms the current diagnosis of PTB and relates to an established fact necessary to substantiate the claim (a history of PTB in 1945).
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary Tuberculosis (PTB)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 26, 2004
- Citation
- 0402494
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