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False. The simplicial vertex boundaries need not increase below half volume. In $Q_3$,Both closed graph neighbourhoods consist of all vertices except $\{1,2,3\}$, so both have size seven. Their external vertex boundaries therefore have sizesalthough $3<4=2^{3-1}$. Adding a vertex already in the neighbourhood can reduce the external vertex boundary without enlarging the neighbourhood.