The Board denied an increased rating for the veteran's service-connected gastrointestinal disability, finding that the evidence did not show a higher degree of impairment warranting a schedular evaluation in excess of 60 percent.
The deciding factor: The objective medical evidence did not demonstrate findings such as weight loss, continuous pain unrelieved by standard therapy, hematemesis, marked malnutrition, liver complications, or total incapacitation. The veteran's symptoms were considered to be within the scope of a 60 percent rating under Diagnostic Code 7308.
- Claimed conditions
- adenocarcinoma of the stomach, ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- September 19, 2002
- Citation
- 0212523
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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).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
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