The Veteran's claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for an abdominal disorder caused by VA treatment was denied because new and material evidence was not submitted to reopen the claim, as the evidence did not relate to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim.
The deciding factor: The evidence added to the record since the July 2011 rating decision does not relate to an unestablished fact that is necessary to substantiate the claim for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 as the evidence did not tend to indicate that the Veteran’s current abdominal disorder was related to VA treatment.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 6, 2019
- Citation
- 19191829
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