The Board granted the veteran's claim for a compensable rating for duodenal ulcer with hiatal hernia and service connection for mild calcified aortic stenosis. The left knee disability, leg cramps, and gum disease claims were not resolved in favor of the veteran.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner provided clinical findings consistent with the veteran's subjective complaints regarding his duodenal ulcer with hiatal hernia, resulting in a 10% rating under Diagnostic Code 7346. The calcified aortic stenosis was found to have begun during active service and is therefore presumed to be related.
- Claimed conditions
- duodenal ulcer with hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- July 10, 2006
- Citation
- 0620043
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Decisions by this judge: 1,547 · Granted: 20% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Dismissed
The Board has dismissed the Veteran's appeals for service connection on all four issues due to his death.
- Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU for the period between January 1, 1961 to November 28, 1990 due to his service-connected duodenal ulcer with hiatal hernia causing him to be unable to follow substantially gainful employment.
- Denied
The Veteran's service-connected duodenal ulcer with hiatal hernia did not render him unable to follow or secure a substantially gainful occupation prior to November 28, 1990. As such, the claim for TDIU was denied.
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