The Board has determined that new and material evidence has been presented to reopen the claims for service connection for PTSD, DM, hepatitis C and fatty liver, a skin condition, and a heart disability. The claims are remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received since the previous final decisions, raising a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disability (PTSD), Diabetes Mellitus Type II (DM), Hepatitis C and Fatty Liver, Skin Condition (Dry Skin), Heart Disability (Coronary Artery Disease, CAD)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- Camp Lejeune water
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 9, 2019
- Citation
- 19126466
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Decisions by this judge: 1,858 · Granted: 24% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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