The Board has determined that the veteran does not currently have a stomach ulcer and found no evidence of recurrence within one year of service separation. Therefore, service connection for a stomach ulcer is denied.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence showing the veteran has a stomach ulcer disability.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 9, 2006
- Citation
- 0606869
What this means for you
A denial is a starting point, not the end of the road. You can see why this claim fell short — and, if you are still inside the one-year window, the appeal lanes that may remain open to you.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions, stating that the evidence does not show a causal relationship to military service.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for hypertension and a stomach ulcer, finding that the preponderance of evidence showed these conditions were not related to service or to an incident of service origin, or to his service-connected PTSD.
- Remanded (sent back)
The appeal is REMANDED to the RO for further development and adjudication of the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral hearing loss, tinnitus, a left ear disorder other than hearing loss, stomach ulcer, and hepatitis C.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the veteran's current gastrointestinal disorder (GERD) is service-connected, but his stomach ulcer, hypertension, and diabetes mellitus are not service-connected.
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