The Board has determined that the Veteran does not have a current diagnosis of an acquired psychiatric disorder or stomach condition, and therefore cannot establish service connection for these conditions.,Regarding bilateral hearing loss, the evidence does not meet the criteria for a current disability as defined by VA regulations.
The deciding factor: There is no medical evidence establishing current diagnoses for the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Acquired Psychiatric Disorder (Anxiety Disorder), Stomach Condition
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 30, 2017
- Citation
- 1725021
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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: Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for allergies and shortness of breath, but granted a 50 percent rating for migraine headaches and a 20 percent rating for bilateral arthralgia of the temporomandibular joint.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for irritable bowel syndrome, a stomach condition, and chronic fatigue syndrome as the evidence did not support current diagnoses of these conditions.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for a right shoulder scar and remanded the issues of rating increase for GERD and recharacterization of stomach condition as gastrointestinal disability.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection are remanded due to the need for additional VA examinations and medical opinions.
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