The Board has determined that new and material evidence to reopen the claim for service connection for seasonal allergic rhinitis had been received, and remanded the case on the merits. The RO is instructed to obtain all relevant records, arrange for a VA examination, and readjudicate the claim.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted which allowed the Board to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for seasonal allergic rhinitis.
- Claimed conditions
- seasonal allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0636437
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