The Board found that the veteran's claimed stomach ulcers were not incurred in or aggravated by active service and denied both his claim for service connection and his claim for a total rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disability.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not demonstrate a current chronic stomach ulcer disability due to service, and the veteran's service-connected disabilities did not preclude him from obtaining or maintaining substantially gainful employment.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach ulcers
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 3, 2005
- Citation
- 0502645
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