The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been submitted to reopen the veteran's claim of entitlement to service connection for gastrointestinal disability, and thus grants the reopening of this claim.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was presented which allowed the Board to consider the merits of the veteran's claim again.
- Claimed conditions
- gastrointestinal disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 9, 2003
- Citation
- 0334321
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