The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for a low back disorder and secondary service connection for bleeding ulcers as they are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence showing that the Veteran's current bleeding ulcer was present during service or within one year of discharge, nor is there any indication of a nexus between the current condition and service. The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence against the claim for service connection for bleeding ulcers.
- Claimed conditions
- bleeding ulcer
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 24, 2009
- Citation
- 0927788
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The appeal for an increased rating for reflux esophagitis with mild chronic gastritis and bleeding ulcer was dismissed due to the untimely filing of the Board Appeal request.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeals for service connection on all issues except prostate/penis injury and psychiatric disorder claims have been dismissed. The remaining claims are being remanded.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection due to insufficient medical opinions regarding the relationship between his conditions and military service, as well as secondary service connection.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for a bleeding ulcer disability, finding that there is no current diagnosis of such condition and giving more probative weight to the competent medical evidence.
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