The Board found that the veteran's claimed eye, kidney, stomach, and deformities of fingers/toes disorders were not incurred or aggravated during active service, nor are any of these conditions proximately due to or the result of a service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of medical evidence is against a finding that the veteran currently has an acquired eye disorder, kidney disorder, stomach disorder, or deformities of fingers and toes that began during or is causally linked to any incident of active service, nor is there medical evidence to show that these claimed disabilities were caused or aggravated by a service-connected disability.
- Claimed conditions
- Eye Disorder, Kidney Disorder, Stomach Disorder, Deformed Fingers and Toes
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- October 3, 2002
- Citation
- 0213613
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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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