The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to reopen the veteran's claims of service connection for post-operative residuals of a cleft palate and residuals of hemorrhoid surgery, including a prolapse of the rectum. The decision is mixed as it addresses both issues.
The deciding factor: None of the newly received medical evidence presented since the prior final denial tends to prove the veteran's case beyond what was already shown in 1981.
- Claimed conditions
- post-operative residuals of a cleft palate, residuals of hemorrhoid surgery
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 21, 2000
- Citation
- 0025272
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What this means for you
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