The Board has determined that there is insufficient evidence to establish service connection for any of the claimed conditions, including alcoholism. The Veteran's available post-service records do not support his claims.
The deciding factor: There are no service treatment records and limited post-service clinical records fail to document or diagnose any of the claimed disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- Alcoholism, Bladder disability, Stomach disability, Scrotum/testicular disability, Acquired psychiatric disability (to include a nervous disorder, depression, bipolar disorder, stress disorder, and a disorder manifested by panic attacks)
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 2, 2015
- Citation
- 1500038
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
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: Denied
The Veteran's claim for an effective date prior to March 2, 2015, for TDIU was denied as the evidence did not show actual worsening within one year prior to his March 2, 2015, claim.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder to include PTSD is granted. The claim for a stomach disability is denied.
- Whole decision: Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a bladder disability but denied service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include PTSD and a depressive disorder.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board remanded the Veteran's claims for compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for additional disabilities resulting from a September 2013 VA gastric sleeve surgery due to insufficient rationale in the medical opinions and unaddressed evidence that the gastric leak may have been present in December 2013. The TDIU claim was remanded as inextricably intertwined with the § 1151 claim pending its resolution.
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