The Board has reopened the Veteran's claims for service connection for a disability manifested by loss of balance and for hypertension, but denied reopening of his claim for service connection for a pulmonary disability. The Veteran is also seeking increased ratings for left ear hearing loss and otitis media.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims of service connection for these conditions, but raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating them under a secondary theory. The Veteran's hypertension claim is denied as there is no new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- Pulmonary disability, Disability manifested by loss of balance
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 21, 2015
- Citation
- 1521751
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