The Veteran's appeal is denied as his residuals of a vagotomy with pyloroplasty for ulcer disease do not warrant an increased rating, and the claim for service connection for PTSD and other acquired psychiatric conditions remains denied.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence does not support a finding that the Veteran's current symptoms are severe enough to warrant a higher rating under any applicable diagnostic code.
- Claimed conditions
- Residuals of a vagotomy with pyloroplasty for ulcer disease, Acquired psychiatric condition (depression)
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 15, 2016
- Citation
- 1646969
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