The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been submitted to warrant reopening the veteran's claim for service connection of a liver disorder.
The deciding factor: New medical records provided by the appellant do not establish a current diagnosis or indicate any link between his in-service symptoms and his current condition.
- Claimed conditions
- liver disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 19, 2000
- Citation
- 0033060
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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- Dismissed
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- Dismissed
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