The claims for service connection have been denied as new and material evidence has not been received to reopen them. The Veteran's conditions are not presumed due to exposure to herbicides or other specific in-service events.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was provided to support the reopening of any of the service connection claims, including those for coronary artery disease, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, anxiety, diabetes, neuropathy, and chronic sinusitis.
- Claimed conditions
- coronary artery disease, tinnitus, bilateral hearing loss disability, anxiety, diabetes, neuropathy, chronic sinusitis
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 21, 2019
- Citation
- 19165131
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What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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