The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection for a urinary disorder as secondary to his service-connected postoperative vagotomy and pyloroplasty with hiatal hernia and adhesions, and denied an increased rating for his service-connected postoperative vagotomy and pyloroplasty with hiatal hernia and adhesions.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the veteran's urinary disorder was not proximately due to or caused by his service-connected postoperative vagotomy and pyloroplasty with hiatal hernia and adhesions, and denied both claims.
- Claimed conditions
- Urinary Disorder, Gastritis, Hiatal Hernia
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- January 30, 2003
- Citation
- 0301860
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