The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the Veteran's claims for service connection for carcinoid disease affecting multiple body parts and musculoskeletal low back pain with minimal degenerative changes of the lumbar spine. The previous denials remain unchanged.
The deciding factor: No new or material evidence was submitted to support the reopening of the Veteran's claims.
- Claimed conditions
- carcinoid disease affecting face, lungs, neck, head, hips, arms, legs, cervix, breasts, pelvis, lower abdomen and ovaries, with resulting complications, musculoskeletal low back pain and minimal degenerative changes of the lumbar spine
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 27, 2010
- Citation
- 1040350
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What this means for you
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