The Board has denied the Veteran's request to reopen his claim of service connection for post-operative residuals partial excision astrocytic hamartoma with tuberous sclerosis, hydrocephalus, and seizure disorder to include claims for eye tumors and kidney lesions with chronic renal failure due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim or raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals partial excision astrocytic hamartoma, tuberous sclerosis, hydrocephalus, seizure disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2010
- Citation
- 1011203
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What this means for you
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