The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the appellant's claim for service connection for the cause of the veteran's death. The RO must now consider whether the presumption of soundness or aggravation applies to the veteran's syphilis.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was found in the form of medical opinions supporting a link between the veteran's pre-existing latent syphilis and his death, which may be considered under the presumptions of soundness and aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- syphilis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 5, 2000
- Citation
- 0031664
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- Denied
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- Granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypogonadism or low testosterone and ED, but denied service connection for syphilis. Several conditions were remanded for further development.
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