The Board found that the evidence submitted since the November 1988 decision is cumulative and redundant of previous evidence, thus not material to reopen the claims for service connection for cushing's disease and panhypopituitarism.
The deciding factor: The new evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to reopen the previously denied claim of service connection for cushing's disease and panhypopituitarism as it contains evidence of diagnoses and treatment for these conditions, which was already submitted to the Board at the time of the November 1988 decision.
- Claimed conditions
- cushing's disease, panhypopituitarism
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 8, 2015
- Citation
- 1500908
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