The Veteran's claims for service connection have been granted, and the cases are being remanded for further development.
The deciding factor: The Veteran provided new and material evidence to reopen her claims of service connection for various conditions. The Board has decided to grant these claims based on this new evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- sinusitis, fibroids, asthma, diabetic neuropathy, diabetes mellitus, immune system disability, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), digestive condition, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 4, 2019
- Citation
- 19176960
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
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- Partly granted
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