The Board denied service connection for a gastrointestinal condition, finding that the Veteran's current diagnoses are not related to his military service.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that there is insufficient evidence to establish a nexus between the Veteran’s claimed GI conditions and any time spent in military service.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal (GI) condition, Reflux esophagitis, Type B gastritis, Corpus gastritis
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 18, 2018
- Citation
- 18119448
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- Remanded (sent back)
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- Granted
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- Remanded (sent back)
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