The Board has reopened the veteran's claim for service connection for hepatitis and found that new and material evidence has been submitted. The claims for status post resection of pituitary microadenoma and scars of the feet were denied.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence was submitted to reopen the claim for service connection for hepatitis, but the other two issues (status post resection of pituitary microadenoma and scars of the feet) were not substantiated by the new evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- hepatitis, status post resection of pituitary microadenoma, scars of the feet
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 25, 2006
- Citation
- 0630100
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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