The veteran's claims for a rating in excess of 60 percent for arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, service connection for dysentery and malaria, and special monthly compensation based on the need for regular aid and attendance or being housebound have been denied. The claims for service connection for beriberi and/or malnutrition and hypertension were not reopened.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not meet the criteria for reopening the previously denied claims of service connection for beriberi and/or malnutrition, hypertension, dysentery, and malaria.
- Claimed conditions
- arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease, dysentery, kidney disorder, malaria
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2004
- Citation
- 0406178
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