The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claims for service connection for a lumbosacral strain, bilateral hearing loss, spontaneous pneumothorax with persistent air leak, status post right thoracotomy, giant bullous disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (claimed as lung condition due to asbestosis exposure), PTSD, and a mental disorder other than PTSD. The claims for service connection for the lumbosacral strain and bilateral hearing loss are denied on their merits, while the claims for spontaneous pneumothorax with persistent air leak, status post right thoracotomy, giant bullous disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (claimed as lung condition due to asbestosis exposure), PTSD, and a mental disorder other than PTSD are reopened.
The deciding factor: The evidence submitted is new but not material in relation to the claims for service connection for lumbosacral strain and bilateral hearing loss. The claim for spontaneous pneumothorax with persistent air leak, status post right thoracotomy, giant bullous disease, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (claimed as lung condition due to asbestosis exposure) is reopened.
- Claimed conditions
- lumbosacral strain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 30, 2010
- Citation
- 1032493
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