The Board has reopened the claim but denied it on the merits, finding that new and material evidence was not received to support reopening of the previously denied claim.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the previously denied claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Digestive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2004
- Citation
- 0405486
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,555 · Granted: 19% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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