The Board has determined that the veteran does not have current diagnoses of avitaminosis and peptic ulcer, and thus service connection for these conditions is denied.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations did not find any current diagnosis of avitaminosis or peptic ulcer, and the private physician's statement was deemed less probative due to lack of contemporaneous records and review of medical history.
- Claimed conditions
- avitaminosis, peptic ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 23, 2004
- Citation
- 0404983
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What this means for you
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the matter for an adequate VA examination and to obtain missing treatment records.
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