The Board denied the Veteran's petition to reopen his previously denied claim for service connection for a gallbladder disability and also denied his claim for a compensable evaluation for bilateral conductive hearing loss.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was received to support the reopening of the service connection claim for a gallbladder disability, as the medical evidence did not suggest that the condition originated in or is related to military service.
- Claimed conditions
- gallbladder disability
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 25, 2012
- Citation
- 1236950
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