The Board denied the veteran's attempts to reopen his claims for service connection for stomach and kidney disabilities, finding that no new and material evidence had been received.
The deciding factor: The submitted evidence did not provide a significant change in the existing record that would necessitate reconsideration of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach disability, kidney disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0006341
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
The appeal seeking entitlement to service connection for a stomach disability was dismissed as the Veteran attempted to appeal the Board's decision through an improper format.
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