The Board has reopened the veteran's claim of service connection for duodenal ulcer disease and granted it, finding that there is sufficient evidence to establish continuity of symptomatology from service to the present.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's statements and personal hearing testimony, together with the statements of his family, friends, and comrade, established a factual basis by a preponderance of the evidence for the continuity of his stomach symptoms from service to the present, which is sufficient to establish service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- duodenal ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 30, 2001
- Citation
- 0126913
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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