The Board denied the claim to reopen the previously denied claim for service connection for hemolytic anemia (previously claimed as thalassemia minor) due to lack of submission of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not received to support a reopening of the claim, as the appellant's contentions were based on interpreting existing information in a different way without providing new evidence supporting a new theory of causation.
- Claimed conditions
- hemolytic anemia, thalassemia minor
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18112165
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