The Veteran's application to reopen the claim of service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder has been granted.,The application to reopen the claims of service connection for porphyria cutanea tarda and chronic liver disease have not been successful.
The deciding factor: New evidence was submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim or raise a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic liver disease, gastrointestinal disorder, porphyria cutanea tarda
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 13, 2019
- Citation
- 19136384
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 1,797 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been dismissed due to their death during the pendency of the appeal.
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