The Board denied service connection for renal tuberculosis, miliary tuberculosis, and tuberculosis meningitis in May 1983. The Veteran submitted new evidence since then that relates to an unestablished fact (his symptoms during and after service) but does not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
The deciding factor: The new evidence is insufficient to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- renal tuberculosis, miliary tuberculosis, tuberculosis meningitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2012
- Citation
- 1237419
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Veteran's miliary tuberculosis, including spinal or bone tuberculosis and central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis, was found to have manifested within the three-year presumptive period following service. The Board granted service connection for this condition.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's tuberculosis is being reviewed for service connection, and the secondary conditions of hypertension, peyronie's disease, irritable bowel syndrome, skin condition, and depression are dependent on the outcome of this review.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the veteran's renal tuberculosis is inactive and asymptomatic, and therefore does not meet the criteria for a compensable disability rating.
- Denied
The Board finds that the veteran's death was not caused by a service-connected disability, and therefore DIC benefits under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1318 are denied.
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