The Veteran's application to reopen the claim of service connection for stomach condition was granted. Service connection for residuals of gastroenteritis, peptic ulcer is also granted.
The deciding factor: New evidence related to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim (the relationship between the current disability and military service) has been received.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach condition, residuals of gastroenteritis, peptic ulcer
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- June 3, 2019
- Citation
- 19142302
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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
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- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left upper hand tremors, right upper hand tremors, a stomach condition, and a sleep condition as they are not related to the Veteran's service or any service-connected disability.
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