The Board denied the claim of entitlement to service connection for residuals of a gastrectomy as new and material evidence had not been submitted since it had last adjudicated the claim in July 1998.
The deciding factor: The new evidence did not provide a significant change in the underlying basis for the denial, which was that there was no evidence presented of an etiological connection between active duty and a condition that manifested itself more than 20 years after active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a gastrectomy
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 8, 2001
- Citation
- 0113067
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Denied
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