The Board has determined that new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim of service connection for lymphadenitis of the left groin. The veteran's available service medical records showed treatment for reported painful swelling of the left groin in July 1972, but no residuals were noted at separation from service. Subsequent VA and private outpatient treatment records have been provided, including a VA Agent Orange examination report dated in December 1999, which noted herpetic lesions, tinea between toes, and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. The Board found that the evidence does not bear directly and substantially upon the specific matter under consideration.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence is not new and material as it does not provide significant information to fairly decide the merits of the claim for service connection for lymphadenitis of the left groin.
- Claimed conditions
- lymphadenitis of the left groin
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 1, 2008
- Citation
- 0825742
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