The Board granted service connection for esophageal stricture as secondary to pain medications used to treat his service-connected disabilities, and assigned a 10% evaluation for the shrapnel wound scar of the left parietal region.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current esophageal stricture is found to be proximately due to or aggravated by his service-connected peptic ulcer disease and pain medications used to treat other service-connected disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- esophageal stricture, peptic ulcer disease
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2014
- Citation
- 1405104
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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).
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