The Board has determined that the veteran's claims for service connection for gastrointestinal and psychiatric disorders are not well grounded. The evidence does not support a causal relationship between these conditions and either service or a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence linking the current gastrointestinal or psychiatric disorders to service, service-connected disabilities, or any other etiological factor.
- Claimed conditions
- duodenitis, small hiatal hernia, minimal antral gastritis, reflux esophagitis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 23, 2000
- Citation
- 0007854
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted a rating of 60 percent from January 27, 2016 to July 7, 2022 for the Veteran's duodenal ulcer, duodenitis, gastritis, and gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for a gastrointestinal condition and entitlement to TDIU due to missing or destroyed service treatment records, requiring additional development.
- Dismissed
The appeal for an increased rating for reflux esophagitis with mild chronic gastritis and bleeding ulcer was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claim for a gastrointestinal disorder, including a hiatal hernia, to obtain an adequate medical opinion regarding the etiology of the Veteran's diagnosed conditions.
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