The Veteran's sinus condition was not caused or aggravated by active military service.,New and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for low back pain with sciatica, but it is not etiologically related to service.,CTS of the left upper extremity was not caused or aggravated by active military service or a service-connected disability.,Evidence received since the May 2007 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for diabetes mellitus; however, the Veteran's COPD is not etiologically related to service.,New and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the claim for hypertension. The evidence does not show that this condition was caused or aggravated by service-connected PTSD.,Fibromyalgia was not caused or aggravated by active military service.,The Veteran's application to reopen his previously denied claim for ureaplasma urealyticum (to include infertility, low sperm count, and low testosterone) has not been supported by new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: The sinus condition was not caused or aggravated by active military service.,New and material evidence submitted does not establish a relationship between the Veteran's back pain with sciatica and his active duty service.,CTS of the left upper extremity is not related to service or a service-connected disability.,Evidence received since the May 2007 rating decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim for diabetes mellitus, but COPD was not caused by service.,New and material evidence submitted does not establish that hypertension is related to PTSD.,Fibromyalgia was not caused or aggravated by active military service.,The application to reopen the ureaplasma urealyticum claim has not been supported by new and material evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- sinus condition, low back pain with sciatica, CTS of the left upper extremity, diabetes mellitus, COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), hypertension, fibromyalgia
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2017
- Citation
- 1716468
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