The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for pericarditis in July 1998, finding no new and material evidence. The veteran appealed this decision, but the RO determined that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the claim.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to reopen the claim of service connection for pericarditis.
- Claimed conditions
- pericarditis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2001
- Citation
- 0119025
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for GERD as it is but-for due to the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain and right knee strain. The remaining claims for IBS, hypertension, heart failure, and pericarditis are remanded for further development.
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