The Board denied service connection for gastroenteritis and did not reopen the claim for a dental disorder.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence confirming the presence of gastroenteritis related to service, and the veteran's dental disorder was previously denied without appeal.
- Claimed conditions
- gastroenteritis, dental disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0406993
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for a compensable rating and an increased rating for gastritis, gastroenteritis, and GERD to obtain a retrospective medical opinion on the severity of the Veteran's symptoms without the ameliorative effects of medication.
- Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for chronic sinusitis, fibromyalgia, left and right ear hearing loss, and gastroenteritis, but granted service connection for migraine headaches. The claims for an initial evaluation higher than 30 percent for chronic sinusitis and 20 percent for fibromyalgia were also denied.
- Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a gastrointestinal disability, to include gastroenteritis, as there was no evidence of a current disability.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for gastritis, finding new and relevant evidence that the Veteran's current diagnosis of gastritis had its onset in service.
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