The Veteran's claims for service connection have been reopened, but the underlying claims are denied.,New and material evidence has been received to reopen the claims of service connection for chronic cough, asthma, headache disability, and bilateral hearing loss. However, these claims remain denied.
The deciding factor: The new and material evidence does not provide a reasonable possibility of substantiating the underlying claims as it fails to establish that the Veteran's conditions are related to his military service or any other compensable cause.,New diagnoses have been provided, but they do not change the fact that there is no competent medical evidence linking these conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic cough, respiratory disability, headache disability, bilateral hearing loss, brain aneurysm, sarcoidosis, hypomimia
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 5, 2022
- Citation
- 22026710
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Remanded (sent back)
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