The Board denied the veteran's claim of service connection for stomach pain, finding no underlying disability to support his claim.
The deciding factor: No competent evidence of a present disability was submitted and the preponderance of the evidence is against the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach pain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0032851
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