The Board has denied the Veteran's claims for service connection for duodenal mass removal, hernia repair as secondary to duodenal mass removal, and residual scars as secondary to duodenal mass removal. The Veteran is also granted a 50% disability rating for migraine headaches effective October 23, 2008.
The deciding factor: The preponderance of the evidence did not support service connection for any of the conditions in question.
- Claimed conditions
- duodenal mass removal, hernia repair, residual scars
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- July 11, 2019
- Citation
- 19153425
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,456 · Granted: 23% (granted or partly granted, in the indexed decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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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).
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- Whole decision: Granted
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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