The Board is considering whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen several service connection claims for various conditions, including obsessive compulsive depression, nasal deformity, positive tuberculosis test (claimed as pulmonary tuberculosis), costochondritis, headaches/vertigo, and abdominal pain. The disposition of these cases will be determined based on the outcome of the reopening process.
The deciding factor: The Board is considering whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen several service connection claims for various conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- obsessive compulsive depression, nasal deformity, positive tuberculosis test (claimed as pulmonary tuberculosis), costochondritis, headaches/vertigo, abdominal pain
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 21, 2010
- Citation
- 1039324
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's claim for bilateral hearing loss was denied, but his claims for tinnitus and costochondritis were granted.,The Board has remanded the claims for left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), pericarditis, and myxomatous mitral valve.
- Granted
The Veteran's headaches are granted service connection, with the Board finding that his headaches started during active duty and have persisted.,Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is denied as there is no current diagnosis of hearing loss for VA purposes.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for costochondritis, finding that the evidence is in equipoise as to whether the condition is related to in-service chest pain.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has found that the Veteran does not have a current respiratory disability other than sleep apnea. The claims for abdominal pain, type I diabetes, peripheral neuropathy of the upper and lower extremities, and an immune disorder are remanded due to a duty to assist error.
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