The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the claims for service connection for an anal fissure, an intestinal disorder, and left ear hearing loss. However, the veteran does not have diabetes mellitus, type 2, sinusitis, or an eye disability as a result of his active military service, nor are any of the other claimed conditions related to his service.
The deciding factor: The evidence received since the RO's November 1997 decision raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims for an anal fissure, intestinal disorder, and left ear hearing loss. However, there is no evidence that diabetes mellitus, type 2, sinusitis, or an eye disability were caused by service, nor are any other claimed conditions related to his active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- anal fissure (claimed as blood in the stool), intestinal disorder, left ear hearing loss, diabetes mellitus, type 2, sinusitis, eye disability, memory loss, nausea and dizziness, with an unsteady gait, headaches, back disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2009
- Citation
- 0904041
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
What you can do next
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