The Veteran's petition to reopen his claim for service connection for chronic colitis is granted. The claims for service connection for liver condition and respiratory condition due to exposure to herbicide agents are remanded.
The deciding factor: New evidence has been submitted that relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim of service connection for chronic colitis, which was previously denied in 2009. The claims for liver condition and respiratory condition related to herbicide exposure are being remanded as additional medical opinions are needed.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic colitis, liver condition, respiratory condition
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 18, 2019
- Citation
- 19172582
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