The Board has granted service connection for stomach/gastrointestinal disorder (including schistosomiasis), thrombophlebitis of the right leg, a back disorder, and cardiovascular disorder (including hypertension) as new and material evidence was submitted. The claims are remanded for further examination.
The deciding factor: New and material evidence has been received to reopen the previously denied service connection claims.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach/gastrointestinal disorder, thrombophlebitis of the right leg, back disorder, cardiovascular disorder, including hypertension
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20051827
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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.
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- Dismissed
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