The Board found conflicting medical opinions and concluded that the osteopenia is not related to the service-connected post-operative partial resection of the stomach with hiatal hernia.
The deciding factor: The expert opinion from Dr. M. was more persuasive than Dr. H.'s, concluding there is no relationship between the osteopenia and the partial gastrectomy for peptic ulcer disease.
- Claimed conditions
- osteopenia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 31, 2002
- Citation
- 0215371
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