The Board has reopened the claim of entitlement to service connection for a stomach disability, but denied it on the merits.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show a current stomach disorder related to active military service.
- Claimed conditions
- stomach
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 1, 2018
- Citation
- 1812784
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