The veteran's combined disability evaluation is properly computed at 50 percent. The effective date for service connection of peptic ulcer disease with gastritis is set at June 17, 1997.
The deciding factor: The veteran established service connection and a compensable evaluation for his conditions, including peptic ulcer disease with gastritis, which was granted effective from June 17, 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- peptic ulcer disease with gastritis, wound muscle group XXIII, left with retained foreign bodies
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2000
- Citation
- 0031223
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- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's request for an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for peptic ulcer disease with gastritis, irritable bowel syndrome, and colon polyps.
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Denied
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