The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection due to lack of new and material evidence, as well as insufficient medical evidence supporting a current psychiatric disorder or hearing loss. The gastrointestinal claim was reopened but not granted.
The deciding factor: No significant new evidence was submitted that would support reopening the gastrointestinal claim, and there is no competent medical evidence linking any current psychiatric condition to service.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disorder (characterized by chronic gastric indigestion and claimed as ulcers), psychiatric disorder (including anxiety and post-traumatic stress disorder)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0016431
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What this means for you
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