The Board has determined that new and material evidence has not been received to reopen the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a chronic colon disorder secondary to hemorrhoidectomies performed at a VA facility, thus denying reopening of the claim.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was submitted that would raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic colon disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 6, 2018
- Citation
- 1814117
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