The Board has determined that the veteran's claim for service connection for vitamin B12 deficiency anemia is plausible and well-grounded, allowing the appeal to proceed. The RO should obtain VA treatment records from Los Angeles Medical Center (from May 1984 to 1994) and Daytona Beach Medical Center (from 1994 to November 1996), as well as any current treatment records from Daytona Beach that are not currently of record.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claim is plausible, meeting the threshold requirement for VA assistance under 38 U.S.C. § 5107(a).
- Claimed conditions
- vitamin B12 deficiency anemia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 27, 2000
- Citation
- 0025813
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