The Board has determined that the veteran does not meet the criteria to be recognized as a former prisoner of war (POW) for VA purposes, and thus his claim for service connection based on POW status is denied. The RO's December 1990 decision denying service connection for malaria remains final, and no new and material evidence has been submitted since that time to reopen the claim.
The deciding factor: The veteran's claimed POW status from May 10, 1942, to December 2, 1943, is not supported by service department records. The veteran did not submit any new or material evidence to reopen his previously denied malaria claim.
- Claimed conditions
- dysentery, beriberi, malnutrition, hard labor and torture
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 20, 2007
- Citation
- 0721983
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