The Board has determined that the veteran's stomach disorder and ulcers were not incurred in or aggravated by active service, and thus denied his claim for service connection. The evaluation of residuals of laminectomy, L4-S1 interspaces with multiple shunt placements remains unchanged at 20 percent.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence to support a current diagnosis of stomach disorder/ulcers that can be linked to the veteran's period of active service or his service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Stomach Disorder/ulcers
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 13, 2002
- Citation
- 0201458
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