The Veteran's post-operative duodenal ulcer and laparoscopic surgery for hiatal hernia were not incurred in or aggravated by active duty, and a gastric ulcer may not be presumed to have been so incurred.
The deciding factor: There is no indication that the claimed stomach problem is due to herbicide exposure during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Post-operative duodenal ulcer, Laparoscopic surgery for hiatal hernia
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 10, 2015
- Citation
- 1515517
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