The Veteran's claims for service connection for Hodgkin's lymphoma and a psychiatric disorder were denied as the evidence did not meet the criteria to reopen the claims. The Veteran's cause of death was attributed to cardiac arrhythmia, coronary artery disease, hypoxia, COPD, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus.
The deciding factor: The new and material evidence received since the final decisions did not raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Hodgkin's lymphoma, Psychiatric disorder to include PTSD, dementia, and depression
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2018
- Citation
- 18153473
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- Granted
The Veteran's shortness of breath and Hodgkin's lymphoma are granted service connection, but his non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and acquired psychiatric disorder are denied.
- Dismissed
The Board dismissed the motion to revise or reverse the December 2014 rating decision that established June 30, 2014 as the effective date for the grant of service connection for Hodgkin's lymphoma because there was no final decision for the Board to review based on CUE.
- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected disabilities do not meet the criteria for specially adapted housing due to his inability to use both upper or lower extremities, blindness in both eyes, or full thickness burns. The Board finds that his Hodgkin's lymphoma does not cause loss of use of any extremity.
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