The Board denied the veteran's claims for service connection, an increased rating for a right anterior chest lesion (Ghon Complex), claimed as pulmonary tuberculosis, and entitlement to TDIU. The claim for service connection was not reopened due to lack of new and material evidence.
The deciding factor: No new and material evidence was presented to reopen the claim of service connection for psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction.
- Claimed conditions
- psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 17, 2004
- Citation
- 0430573
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected conditions do not meet the criteria for a total disability rating based on individual unemployability (TDIU) or special monthly compensation (SMC) due to regular aid and attendance of another person. The Board found that his disabilities alone do not render him unable to engage in substantially gainful employment.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to inadequate examination and failure to consider relevant evidence. The Veteran's gastrointestinal symptoms have been ongoing since service, but the VA examiner did not take this into account.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a psychophysiological gastrointestinal reaction with associated GERD and ulcers, finding that the Veteran's condition is etiologically related to his active military service.
- Granted
The Veteran's service-connected psychophysiological disability is rated at a 50 percent since September 24, 2009, to May 11, 2015.
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