The Board has granted service connection for the veteran's stomach condition. The issue of service connection for a left shoulder injury is pending and will be remanded to the RO.
The deciding factor: Service connection was established for the stomach condition based on evidence showing it existed during active duty.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach condition, left shoulder injury
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 30, 2004
- Citation
- 0411375
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board granted service connection for a stomach condition, as it is caused and/or aggravated by the Veteran's service-connected lumbosacral strain.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various disabilities, including right knee, left knee, low back, neck, and right hip disabilities, as well as bilateral hearing loss. The claims were denied due to the lack of evidence suggesting current disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for left upper hand tremors, right upper hand tremors, a stomach condition, and a sleep condition as they are not related to the Veteran's service or any service-connected disability.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for a neck injury, left shoulder injury, and low back injury as the evidence did not support that these conditions began during active service or are otherwise related to an in-service injury or disease.
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