The Board has determined that there is no evidence of cholelthiasis, and therefore denied the Veteran's claim for service connection for an abdominal disorder. The cervical disorder issue remains pending.
The deciding factor: There was no evidence of cholelthiasis in the Veteran's case.
- Claimed conditions
- abdominal disorder, cervical disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 27, 2015
- Citation
- 1508620
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