The petition to reopen the service connection claim for diabetes mellitus was denied due to lack of new and material evidence.,The petition to reopen the service connection claim for a stomach disability, to include GERD and acid reflux, was denied due to lack of new and material evidence.,The petition to reopen the service connection claim for a skin disability manifested by brown spots was granted due to the receipt of new medical evidence that relates to the previously unestablished current disability element.,The petition to reopen the service connection claim for a bilateral foot disability was denied due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence had not been received to establish an in-service event or injury related to diabetes mellitus, stomach disability (to include GERD and acid reflux), skin disability manifested by brown spots, or bilateral foot disability.,The submitted evidence did not relate to the previously unestablished in-service incurrence element for the stomach disability, to include GERD and acid reflux.,New medical evidence was received that relates to the previously unestablished current disability element for the skin disability manifested by brown spots.,No new and material evidence had been received to establish an in-service event or injury related to the bilateral foot disability.
- Claimed conditions
- diabetes mellitus, stomach disability (to include GERD and acid reflux), skin disability manifested by brown spots, bilateral foot disability
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 17, 2019
- Citation
- 19172129
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