The Board denied the reopening of claims for service connection for neurasthenia, amebic dysentery, hepatitis, dengue fever, ulcers and cysts of the liver due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted to reopen the previously denied claims.
- Claimed conditions
- neurasthenia, amebic dysentery, hepatitis, dengue fever, ulcers, cysts of the liver
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 31, 2001
- Citation
- 0102954
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