The Board has determined that the veteran does not have PUD attributable to military service and denied his claim for service connection. His rating for hemorrhoids remains at 10 percent.
The deciding factor: There is no evidence of a current diagnosis of peptic ulcer disease (PUD) in the veteran's medical records, which precludes establishing service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- Pesticide exposure, Peptic ulcer disease (PUD)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- August 2, 2002
- Citation
- 0209056
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What this means for you
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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 Board denied a rating in excess of 10 percent for the Veteran's GERD with PUD prior to October 30, 2020, finding that the evidence did not show an ascertainable increase in disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a rating greater than 20 percent for peptic ulcer disease and greater than 30 percent for PUD and GERD to obtain non-VA medical records.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to incomplete VA treatment records and the need for additional development, including obtaining private medical records and requesting further clarification from the Veteran regarding his treatment at various facilities. The focus of the remand is on determining whether the Veteran's current digestive disorders are related to service or secondary to other conditions.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board found that the Veteran does not have a gastrointestinal disorder due to any incident of his active duty service and denied his claim for service connection.
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