The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for various conditions, including excessive alcohol consumption and several unspecified disorders. The decision concluded that there was no clear and unmistakable error in the original denial.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the correct facts were known at the time of the April 2010 decision but did not find any CUE as the evidence did not manifestly change the outcome.
- Claimed conditions
- excessive alcohol consumption, hypertension, enlarged heart (cardiomegaly), angina (chest pain, palpitation or pounding heart), deep vein thrombosis (DVT) of the left leg, unspecified disorder manifested by excessive bleeding after injury, unspecified disorder manifested by a reaction to serum, drugs, or medicine (unspecified), claimed due to service immunizations, chronic obstructive respiratory disease (COPD), chronic emphysema, prostatitis, unspecified upper gastrointestinal disorder (claimed as secondary to prostatitis and alcohol), unspecified liver disorder (claimed as secondary to prostatitis and alcohol), unspecified lower gastrointestinal disorder (claimed as secondary to prostatitis and alcohol), unspecified disorder manifested by dizziness and vertigo, unspecified ear nose and throat (ENT) disorder, vascular and tension headaches, unspecified venereal disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2013
- Citation
- 1310486
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