The Veteran's claims for service connection for lung cancer, respiratory condition, liver condition, and diabetes have been reopened. The claim for lung cancer has been granted, while the claims for liver condition and diabetes have been denied.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that raised a reasonable possibility of substantiating the Veteran's claims for service connection for lung cancer and respiratory condition, but not for liver condition or diabetes.
- Claimed conditions
- lung cancer, respiratory condition, liver condition, diabetes mellitus type II
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 25, 2019
- Citation
- 19149535
What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the cause of the Veteran's death, finding that his lung cancer was related to his service-connected melanoma.
- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted an effective date of December 12, 2023, for a 50 percent evaluation of bipolar disorder and remanded the other issues for further development.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for coronary atherosclerosis, hypertension, diabetes mellitus type II, and penile cancer as there was no evidence of a medical nexus between the Veteran's conditions and his military service.
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