The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for gastroenteritis, hypertension (due to herbicide exposure), irregular heartbeats, and left foot fungus. The evidence submitted since previous denials did not provide new or material evidence to support reopening any of these claims.
The deciding factor: No new or material evidence was provided to reopen the veteran's service connection claims for gastroenteritis, hypertension (due to herbicide exposure), irregular heartbeats, and left foot fungus. The medical records do not show a current disability related to these conditions that can be linked to service or post-service treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- {"condition_name":"gastroenteritis"}, {"condition_name":"hypertension"}, {"condition_name":"irregular heartbeats"}, {"condition_name":"left foot fungus"}
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 24, 2006
- Citation
- 0608517
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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