The Board has granted service connection for a gastrointestinal disability and reopened the claim of service connection for a skin disability of the feet. The Veteran's gastrointestinal disability is related to his active military service, while new evidence received since the February 2003 RO decision relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for entitlement to service connection for a skin disability of the feet.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's gastrointestinal disability was incurred in service and is related to his active military service. The new evidence received since the February 2003 RO decision relates to an unestablished fact necessary to substantiate the claim for entitlement to service connection for a skin disability of the feet.
- Claimed conditions
- Gastrointestinal disability, Skin disability of the feet
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 29, 2018
- Citation
- 1818603
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the case due to errors in the duty to assist and insufficient opinions regarding service connection for a gastrointestinal disability. The Veteran's symptoms include epigastric burning, regurgitation, nausea without vomiting, persistently recurrent epigastric distress, reflux, substernal pain, sleep disturbance caused by esophageal reflux, diarrhea, dysphagia, Barrett's esophagus, and esophagitis.
- Granted
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- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for a higher rating for major depressive disorder was denied, and service connection claims for respiratory and gastrointestinal disabilities were also denied.
- Denied
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