The Board denied the Veteran's claims of service connection for various gastrointestinal conditions, including depressive disorder, esophageal reflux and gastritis, nodular lesion of the duodenal bulb nodular mucosa, gastric polyp, helicobacter pylori infection, antral gastritis, peripheral neuropathy of the left lower extremity, peripheral neuropathy of the right lower extremity, and diabetes mellitus. The Veteran's claims for service connection were denied as new and material evidence had not been received to reopen his previously denied claim of depressive disorder.
The deciding factor: The Board found that no new and material evidence had been submitted to reopen the Veteran's previously denied claim of service connection for depressive disorder, including as due to a service-connected disability. The other claims were denied based on lack of evidence supporting the claimed conditions or their relationship to active service.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder, esophageal reflux and gastritis, nodular lesion of the duodenal bulb nodular mucosa, gastric polyp, helicobacter pylori, antral gastritis
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 25, 2014
- Citation
- 1412588
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