The Veteran's claim for service connection for an abdominal disorder, other than his service-connected GERD and hiatal hernia, is denied as there is no current evidence of a separate abdominal condition.
The deciding factor: There is no current medical evidence of a separate abdominal condition other than the Veteran's service-connected GERD with hiatal hernia.
- Claimed conditions
- right abdominal pain, abdominal wall hernia, GERD with hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 15, 2014
- Citation
- 1436713
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