The Board has reopened the Veteran's previously denied claim for service connection for pulmonary fibrosis and found that new and material evidence has been received. However, it was determined that there is no credible evidence linking his current lung conditions to service or any in-service event.
The deciding factor: The Veteran did not have a diagnosed lung condition during service, and the available evidence does not support a finding of continuity of symptoms since service.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary fibrosis, Raynaud's phenomenon, Scleroderma, Ulcers
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 17, 2014
- Citation
- 1427294
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