The Board has denied the reopening of claims for service connection for HTN, prostate disorder, and cardiac disorder due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to support the Veteran's claims for service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- HTN, prostate disorder (claimed as benign prostatitic hyperplasia status post urethral dilation with prostate enlargement), cardiac disorder (claimed alternatively as heart condition and ischemic heart disease)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19146365
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
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