The Board has determined that the Veteran's digestive system disability, including post-operative hiatal hernia residuals, acid reflux disease, and food allergy, is related to service. Therefore, the claim for service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports that the Veteran's current digestive system disorder was incurred in service and is related to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-operative hiatal hernia residuals, Acid reflux disease, Food allergy
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- June 12, 2009
- Citation
- 0922337
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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