The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for residuals of in-service exposure to chemicals, including a lung disorder. The veteran's claim is granted.
The deciding factor: New medical evidence provided since the last denial supports reopening the claim based on direct causal relationship between active duty and claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of in-service exposure to chemicals, lung disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0404403
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
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