The Board denied service connection for a liver disorder (claimed as hepatitis) and a stomach disorder, finding no evidence of current diagnoses or a link to service.
The deciding factor: The veteran's service medical records are presumed destroyed. Current liver function tests were within normal limits, and there is no probative evidence linking the stomach disorder to service or any service-connected condition.
- Claimed conditions
- Liver Disorder, Stomach Disorder - GERD with Small Hiatal Hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 22, 2006
- Citation
- 0618311
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What this means for you
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- Partly granted
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- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for a liver disorder, finding that it was not incurred in or aggravated by military service and was secondary to his nonservice-connected alcohol abuse disorder.
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