The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis, malaria, bronchitis, and pulmonary emphysema due to lack of new and material evidence for his claim of tuberculosis and insufficient medical evidence linking these conditions to service.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis. The veteran's claims for malaria, bronchitis, and pulmonary emphysema were denied as there was no competent medical evidence demonstrating a link between these conditions and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis, malaria, bronchitis, pulmonary emphysema
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 26, 2005
- Citation
- 0528717
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- Dismissed
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- Granted
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