The Board found no evidence of a nexus between the Veteran's stomach ulcers and his active service, and denied both the claim for stomach ulcers and bilateral hearing loss disability. The Board also noted that there was no evidence of in-service noise exposure sufficient to establish entitlement to service connection for hearing loss.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support a finding of a nexus between the Veteran's current conditions and his active service, including lack of competent medical evidence linking the conditions to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Stomach ulcers, Bilateral hearing loss disability
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 6, 2010
- Citation
- 1016852
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What this means for you
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- Dismissed
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- Remanded (sent back)
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