The Board denied service connection for a joint disorder and a stomach disorder, finding no evidence of an undiagnosed illness or any other basis for service connection.
The deciding factor: There was insufficient evidence to establish that the veteran's joint disorder or stomach disorder were due to an undiagnosed illness or any other service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastric Bypass Operation, Joint Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 11, 2004
- Citation
- 0412296
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What this means for you
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