The appeal seeking to reopen a claim of service connection for headaches and dizziness with blackouts is denied.,The appeals seeking to reopen claims of service connection for bronchitis and COPD are granted. The de novo review of these claims is remanded.,The appeal seeking to reopen a claim of service connection for chronic sinusitis is remanded.,The appeal seeking to reopen a claim of service connection for allergic rhinitis is remanded.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has not been received, and the claims of service connection for headaches and dizziness with blackouts may not be reopened. The additional evidence does not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.,Evidence received since the February 1995 rating decision includes a medical opinion relating the Veteran’s variously diagnosed respiratory disabilities to her active duty service, including as due to environmental exposures therein. This evidence relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claims of service connection for bronchitis and COPD.,The appeal seeking to reopen a claim of service connection for chronic sinusitis is remanded because new and material evidence has not been received.,The appeal seeking to reopen a claim of service connection for allergic rhinitis is remanded because new and material evidence has not been received.
- Claimed conditions
- headaches and dizziness with blackouts, bronchitis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic sinusitis, allergic rhinitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 2, 2019
- Citation
- 19190352
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