The Board denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for skin, gastrointestinal, and dental disabilities. The claim for hepatitis B was also denied.,Service connection was not granted for a duodenal ulcer or pterygium as there is no evidence of an in-service event or injury.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current skin conditions are not linked to service, and the Board found that his contentions about itching during service were not credible. The gastrointestinal condition was also not related to service due to lack of evidence.,There is no evidence linking the duodenal ulcer or pterygium to service.
- Claimed conditions
- Dental Disability for Compensation Purposes, Eye Disability (Presbyopia and Pterygium), Gastrointestinal Disability (Duodenal Ulcer and Helicobacter pylori), Hepatitis B, Hyperlipidemia, Skin Disability (Vitiligo)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2019
- Citation
- 19138118
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