The Board has granted service connection for chronic gastritis with peptic ulcer disease effective January 31, 1997 and assigned a 40% evaluation.
The deciding factor: The veteran submitted an informal petition to reopen his claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disorder on January 31, 1997, which was granted by the RO resulting in the assignment of an effective date of January 31, 1997.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic gastritis with peptic ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 40%
- Decision date
- October 3, 2002
- Citation
- 0213544
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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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