The Board has determined that the veteran's post-operative duodenal ulcer does not warrant a disability rating greater than 40 percent.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show symptoms or findings consistent with a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic code, and the preponderance of the evidence was against granting a higher rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-operative duodenal ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2000
- Citation
- 0028729
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's service-connected post-operative duodenal ulcer and secondary gastroesophageal reflux do not render him incapable of securing or following a substantially gainful occupation.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's post-operative duodenal ulcer does not warrant a rating higher than 20 percent, as his symptoms do not meet or approximate the criteria for a moderately severe ulcer with impairment of health manifested by anemia and weight loss.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Veteran's post-operative duodenal ulcer and laparoscopic surgery for hiatal hernia were not incurred in or aggravated by active duty, and a gastric ulcer may not be presumed to have been so incurred.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the veteran's service-connected post-operative duodenal ulcer with hypertrophic gastritis, hiatal hernia, and gastroesophageal reflux disease did not warrant a rating higher than 40 percent.
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