The veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C.A. § 1151 and service connection for peptic ulcers, gastritis, and tinnitus are denied.,PTSD is rated at 100 percent effective September 27, 1995.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence of a nexus between the veteran's digestive and endocrine system disabilities or headaches and his pursuit of vocational rehabilitation under VA auspices.,The veteran has not submitted any medical evidence showing a relationship between his longstanding peptic ulcer/gastritis and his course of VA vocational rehabilitation. No VA treating or examining physician has found such a relationship.,There is no competent medical evidence that PTSD has caused or aggravated any GI disorder, including peptic ulcers and gastritis.
- Claimed conditions
- Digestive and Endocrine Systems, Headaches
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- January 12, 2000
- Citation
- 0000929
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