The Board has determined that the appellant's claims for increased evaluations of his residuals of vagotomy and thyroidectomy are denied as there is no evidence showing severe impairment of health or significant weight loss, which would warrant a higher evaluation.
The deciding factor: The clinical evidence does not show symptoms indicative of severe impairment of health such as malnutrition, anemia, or hematemesis. The appellant's complaints were generally mild and stable with no significant changes in his condition over the years.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of vagotomy with pyloroplasty and hiatal hernia, Thyroidectomy residuals
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 25, 2005
- Citation
- 0523433
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