The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected hearing loss, scar from gastrectomy, subtotal gastrectomy with chronic cholecystitis and calculi removal by cholecystotomy complicated by subhepatic abscess and chronic peritoneal adhesions of the liver, gallbladder and duodenum, with gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), and diplopia.
The deciding factor: The veteran's hearing loss, scar from gastrectomy, subtotal gastrectomy with chronic cholecystitis and calculi removal by cholecystotomy complicated by subhepatic abscess and chronic peritoneal adhesions of the liver, gallbladder and duodenum, with gastroesophageal reflux (GERD), and diplopia were rated based on their current clinical findings, which did not warrant an evaluation in excess of 0 percent.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral defective hearing, Diplopia, Scar from gastrectomy, Subtotal gastrectomy with chronic cholecystitis and calculi removal by cholecystotomy complicated by subhepatic abscess and chronic peritoneal adhesions of the liver, gallbladder and duodenum, with gastroesophageal reflux (GERD)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 28, 2006
- Citation
- 0618906
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