The Board found that the veteran's claim of service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder is not well grounded. The issue of whether new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen his claim of entitlement to service connection for right ear hearing loss was addressed, but the decision summary does not provide details on this aspect.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that there was no medical evidence linking the veteran's current gastrointestinal disorder to his period of military service. The issue of whether new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim of entitlement to service connection for right ear hearing loss was also addressed, but specific details on this aspect are not provided.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal disorder, Right ear hearing loss
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2000
- Citation
- 0008343
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