The Veteran's claims of service connection for malaria and Hepatitis C were reopened, but the Board denied all other issues including hypertension, PTSD, and bilateral hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The Board found that new evidence was received to reopen the claims for malaria and Hepatitis C, but did not find any new or material evidence in support of the underlying service connection claims. The denial on the remaining issues is based on the lack of a showing of a current disability related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Malaria, Hepatitis C
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 28, 2012
- Citation
- 1233953
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