The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for otitis media, pes planus, headaches and dizziness, hiatal hernia with GERD, and prostate disorder are well grounded. The claim of whether new and material evidence has been received to reopen a claim for service connection for prostate disorder is also considered well grounded.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claims were found to be well grounded based on the presence of current disabilities and credible assertions of in-service disease or injury, without requiring medical nexus evidence as long as there was no indication that the conditions pre-existed service. The claim for prostate disorder was reopened due to new evidence received since the last denial.
- Claimed conditions
- otitis media, pes planus, headaches and dizziness, hiatal hernia with GERD
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0022305
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