The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been received to reopen the Veteran's claim for service connection, but it is not granted as the condition pre-existed service.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not show that the Veteran's endotracheal adenopathy or right paratracheal mass was aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- endotracheal adenopathy, right paratracheal mass
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2009
- Citation
- 0913334
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the case to provide proper VCAA notice regarding whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for endotracheal adenopathy, right paratracheal mass, claimed as diminished lung capacity or lung and bronchial abnormality.
- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for PTSD was reopened due to the submission of new and material evidence. The appeal is granted as his PTSD is now considered service-connected.
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