The Board granted service connection for peptic ulcer disease as secondary to PTSD, effective November 21, 2003. The veteran's claim for a scar from the April 1979 surgery was not addressed due to lack of evidence showing it was related to PTSD.
The deciding factor: The VA records reviewer found that the veteran's peptic ulcer disease was likely caused by Heliobacter pylori infection, and not aggravated by PTSD. The Board determined that the date of claim for secondary service connection (November 21, 2003) is later than when entitlement arose (prior to November 21, 2003).
- Claimed conditions
- peptic ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 0%
- Decision date
- December 18, 2003
- Citation
- 0335602
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