The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the Veteran's claim of service connection for a lung tumor, status post surgery. The case is now remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted by the Veteran which raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating his claim of service connection for a lung tumor, status post surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- lung tumor
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 25, 2011
- Citation
- 1107597
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