The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis and a peptic ulcer, finding no new and material evidence to reopen these previously denied claims.
The deciding factor: The Board determined that the submitted evidence did not provide a causal link between the current disorders and service.
- Claimed conditions
- pulmonary tuberculosis, peptic ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 13, 2004
- Citation
- 0409542
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for hypertension and erectile dysfunction, both presumed to be due to herbicide exposure. The claims for hypertrophy of the prostate, migraine headaches, and peptic ulcer were remanded.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for the Veteran's cause of death, finding that his service-connected pulmonary tuberculosis was at least as likely as not a contributory cause of his death.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for an earlier effective date than January 28, 2014 for service connection for pulmonary tuberculosis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an adequate VA examination and to obtain missing treatment records.
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