The Board denied service connection for a chronic back disorder, a chronic gastrointestinal disorder (gastroesophageal reflux disease), and a chronic bilateral foot disorder. The evidence did not establish a nexus between any of these conditions and the veteran's military service.
The deciding factor: There was no medical evidence showing a link between the veteran's current diagnoses and his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- chronic back disorder, chronic gastrointestinal disorder, chronic bilateral foot disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2005
- Citation
- 0522136
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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 an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include anxiety and depression, and a chronic back disorder, both for the purposes of accrued benefits only.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a chronic gastrointestinal disorder and remanded the claims for hypertension, esophageal varices, acid reflux disease / GERD, and diabetes mellitus type II.
- Denied
The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a chronic back disorder and for TDIU, finding that there is no evidence to support these claims.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for schizo-affective disorder, depressed type and a chronic back disorder due to additional development of medical records and obtaining opinions from VA evaluators.
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