The Veteran seeks to reopen a claim of entitlement to service connection for a gastric ulcer. The RO previously denied the application on the basis that no new and material evidence had been submitted.
The deciding factor: The denial was based on insufficient evidence linking the current gastric disorder to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- gastric disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 15, 2010
- Citation
- 1009864
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
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- Denied
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