The Veteran's service connection claims for arthritis of the fingers, hypertension, and stomach disorder have all been denied.,Specifically, the Board found no current diagnosis of arthritis of the fingers. The Veteran's hypertension was not shown to be related to his active service. And there is no evidence of a current stomach disability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran does not have a currently diagnosed disability of arthritis of the fingers and has not had one at any time during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim.,While the Veteran has a current diagnosis of benign essential hypertension, the preponderance of the evidence is against finding that it began during active service, manifest to a compensable degree within one year after discharge or is otherwise related to an in-service injury, event, or disease.,The Veteran does not have a currently diagnosed stomach disability and has not had one at any time during the pendency of the claim or recent to the filing of the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- Arthritis of the fingers, Hypertension, Stomach disorder (presumably gastritis)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- August 28, 2019
- Citation
- 19166845
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