The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for bronchial asthma and chronic bronchitis, finding that the new evidence submitted did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence was found to be redundant of previous evidence and did not establish that the veteran's bronchial asthma and chronic bronchitis preexisted military service or were aggravated by his active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- bronchial asthma, chronic bronchitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 13, 2006
- Citation
- 0607209
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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