The Board denied the veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for residuals of Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's, claimed as due to ionizing radiation. The evidence submitted since the last denial was found not to be new and material.
The deciding factor: The newly submitted evidence did not constitute new and material evidence that could raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin's
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0629977
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